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Pecari tajacu  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552761

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tayassu tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Common Name(s): Collared Peccary [English]
  
    javelina [English]
  
    collared peccary [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyTayassuidae Palmer, 1897 – peccaries  
                                     GenusPecari Reichenbach, 1835  
                                        SpeciesPecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758) – Collared Peccary, javelina, collared peccary  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu angulatus (Cope, 1889)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu bangsi Goldman, 1917  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu crassus (Merriam, 1901)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu crusnigrum (Bangs, 1902)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu humeralis (Merriam, 1901)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu nanus (Merriam, 1901)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu nelsoni Goldman, 1926  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu niger (J. A. Allen, 1913)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu nigrescens Goldman, 1926  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu patira (Kerr, 1792)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu sonoriensis (Mearns, 1897)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu torvus (Bangs, 1898)  
                                           SubspeciesPecari tajacu yucatanensis (Merriam, 1901)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu    
       
  Expert: Peter Grubb   
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu, collared peccary [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pecari tajacu   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: CITES - Appendix II (populations in the USA and Mexico not covered by CITES); IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    CITES: Appendix II listed under Tayassuidae except MX and US populations of Pecari tajacu, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    


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