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Scientific Name:
Pecari tajacu
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Tayassu tajacu
Common Name(s):
Collared Peccary [English]
javelina [English]
collared peccary [English]
Taxonomic Status
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
Currency Rating:
Taxonomic Hierarchy
- up to the kingdom
Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Deuterostomia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Infraphylum
Gnathostomata
Superclass
Tetrapoda
Class
Mammalia
Subclass
Theria
Infraclass
Eutheria
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Tayassuidae
Genus
Pecari
- down one level
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu tajacu
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu angulatus
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu bangsi
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu crassus
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu crusnigrum
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu humeralis
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu nanus
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu nelsoni
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu niger
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu nigrescens
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu patira
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu sonoriensis
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu torvus
Subspecies
Pecari tajacu yucatanensis
References
Expert(s):
Alfred L. Gardner.
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Peter Grubb.
35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England
Other Sources:
website: Mammal Species of the World; http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/
CD-ROM: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index; 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
References:
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. 1999-01-01.
The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xxv + 750. 1-56098-845-2. .
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005-10-01.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 2142. 0-8018-8221-4. .
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1992-01-01.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. 1-56098-217-9. Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing.
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole 2000-01-01.
Common Names of Mammals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xiv + 204. 1-56098-383-3. With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer.
Geographic Information
Geographic Information:
Caribbean
North America
Middle America
South America
Jurisdiction:
Continental US, Native
Mexico, Native
Comments
Comments:
Wilson & Reeder, eds. (2005): Status: CITES - Appendix II (populations in the USA and Mexico not covered by CITES); IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
David F. Mitchell, ITIS Data Development Specialist: 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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