Sus labiatus = Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary)

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Subject:	Sus labiatus = Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary)
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Sus labiatus
Date between 1774 and 1846
Author Georg August Goldfuss; Johann Christian Daniel Schreber; Andreas Johann Wagner
Full title Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen.
Page numbers Plate CCCXXV.B
Names NameFound:Sus labiatus NameConfirmed:Sus larvatus
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078342
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADie_S%C3%A4ugthiere_in_Abbildungen_nach_der_Natur%2C_mit_Beschreibungen_%28Plate_CCCXXV.B%29_%287257734676%29.jpg

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
Species: Tayassu pecari (Link, 1795)
Synonyms
- Sus pecari (Link, 1795)

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