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Dicotyles labiatus = Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary)
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Fig.45. The White-lipped Peccary (D. labiatus).
Date 1870
Source Mammalia. Their various orders and habits popularly illustrated by typical species (Q51407748)
Author Albin Mesnel, Édouard Riou, Edward Blyth, Alphonse de Neuville
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Tayassu pecari
- white-lipped peccary
The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is a fascinating species found in Central and South America. White-lipped peccaries resemble pigs but are covered in dark hair, except for certain regions like the throat, where the hair is cream-colored. They have a large head, a thick neck, a long snout, and a short tail. These social animals inhabit a variety of habitats across their range, which extends from Mexico to Argentina.
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Genus: Tayassu
Fischer von Waldheim, 1814
Species: Tayassu pecari (Link, 1795)
Synonyms
- Sus pecari (Link, 1795) |
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