Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Suina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Subordo: Suina

Familia: Tayassuidae
Genus: Pecari
Species: Pecari maximus

Name edit

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 edit

  • Gongora, J. et al. 2011: Revisiting the species status of Pecari maximus van Roosmalen et al., 2007 (Mammalia) from the Brazilian Amazon. Bonn zoological bulletin 60(1): 95–101. Full article (PDF) Reference page
  • 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 et al. 2007: A new species of living peccary (Mammalia: Tayassuidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 55 (2): 105–112. PDF

Vernacular names edit

English: giant peccary
español: Pecarí gigante
magyar: Óriás pekari