Pecari maximus

Pecari maximus

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Subordo: Suina

Familia: Tayassuidae
Genus: Pecari
Species: Pecari maximus

Name

Pecari maximus Roosmalen, Frenz, Hooft, Iongh & Leirs, 2007

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

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

References

Primary references

• van Roosmalen, M., Frenz, L., van Hooft, P., de Iongh, H. & Leirs, H. 2007. A new species of living peccary (Mammalia: Tayassuidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2): 105–112. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional 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
• 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. 

Vernacular names

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

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