Dicotyles

Dicotyles Temporal range: Early Pleistocene-recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Possible not describried Early Miocene records of cf. Dicotyles[ citation needed ]
Dicotyles tajacu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tayassuidae
Genus:	Dicotyles Cuvier, 1817
Type species
Dicotyles tajacu Cuvier, 1817
Other species
† D. hesperius ? Marsh, 1871 ( nomen dubium ) † D. major Lund, 1841 † D. platensis (Ameghino, 1904) † D. torquatus ? Cope, 1867 ( nomen dubium ) † D. traunmulleri Spillman, 1949

Dicotyles is a genus of peccary that lives now exclusive in Central and South america. It contains one living species, the Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu). ^{[1] [2]} It includes fossil species, now all extinct, except for the Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu). Now, the validity of Dicotyles are in debate, most scientists suggesting that is a junior synonym of your sister taxon, Tayassu . ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "Dicotyles Cuvier 1817". Fossilworks.org.
2. "Tayassu tajacu (Collared Peccary or Quenk)" (PDF). Sta.uwi.edu.
3. "Genus Tayassu". MSW3. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
4. "Tayassu G.Fischer". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2025-12-12.