Tayassu

Tayassu Temporal range: Late Hemphillian to recent, 9.4–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible not describried Early Miocene records of cf. Dicotyles [ citation needed ]
Tayassu pecari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tayassuidae
Genus:	Tayassu (Waldheim, 1814)
Type species
Tayassu pecari (Waldheim, 1814)
Other species
T. tajacu ? Cuvier, 1817 † T. edensis (Frick, 1921) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Dicotyles ? G. Cuvier, 1817

Tayassu is a genus of peccary. The only extant species is the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). Collared peccary is suggested now as a possible member of same genus. ^[3] At least one extinct species, T. edensis , has been placed in the genus. ^[1] Many sources regard Dicotyles as a synonym. ^{[2] [4] [5] [6]} As of December 2025 ^[update] , the Paleobiology Database regarded Dicotyles as a separate genus. ^[7]

References

1. "†Tayassu edensis Frick, 1921". Fossilworks.org.
2. "Tayassu G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2025-12-12.
3. John J. Mayer; Ralph M. Wetzel (1987). Tayassu pecari.
4. Tayassu Fischer, 1814 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera  on 2025-12-12.
5. "Genus Tayassu". MSW3. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
6. "Tayassu G.Fischer". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2025-12-12.
7. "Dicotyles Cuvier 1817 (peccary)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2025-12-12.