Pecari maximus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Artiodactyla
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Cetartiodactyla Ordo: Artiodactyla

Familia: Tayassuidae
Genus: Pecari
Species: Pecari maximus

Name

Pecari maximus van Roosmalen et al., 2007

Type locality: Brazil, State of Amazonas, left bank of the Rio Aripuanã, close to the settlement of Arauazinho.

Holotype: INPA. male ♂. INPA4272. 12.III.2003.

References

• Moravec, J.; Böhme, W. 2009: Second find of the recently discovered Amazonian giant peccary, Pecari maximus (Mammalia: Tayssuidae) van Roosmalen et al., 2007: first record from Bolivia. Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 56(1/2): 49–54. PDF
• Roosmalen, M.G.M., van; Frenz, L.; Hooft, P., van; Iongh, H.H., de; Leirs, H. 2007: A new species of living peccary (Mammalia: Tayassuidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 55(2): 105–112. PDF

Vernacular names

English: giant peccary