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Tayassuidae

Dicotylidae, Peccaries

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Containing group: Artiodactyla

References

Bosma, A. A., N. A. de Haan, G. J. A. Arkesteijn, F. Yang, M. Yerle, and C. Zijlstra. 2004. Comparative chromosome painting between the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) and two species of peccary, the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) and the white-lipped peccary (T-pecari): a phylogenetic perspective. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 105 (1):115-121.

Ducrocq, S. 1994. An Eocene peccary from Thailand and the biogeographical origins of the artiodactyl family Tayassuidae. Palaeontology 37:765-779.

Gongora, J. and C. Moran. 2005. Nuclear and mitochondrial evolutionary analyses of Collared, White-lipped, and Chacoan peccaries (Tayassuidae). Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 34(1):181-189.

Groves, C. P. and P. Grubb. 1993. The suborder Suiformes. Pages 1-4 in: W. L. R. Oliver, ed. Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos, IUCN, The World Conservation Union, Gland.

Grubb P. and C. P. Groves. 1993. The neotropical Tayassuids, Tayassu, and Catagonus, Pages 5-7 in: W. L. R. Oliver, ed. Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos, IUCN, The World Conservation Union, Gland.

Pickford, M. 1986. A revision of the Miocene Suidae and Tayassuidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) of Africa. Tertiary Research 7:1-83.

Randi, E., V. Lucchini and C. H. Diong. 1996. Evolutionary genetics of the Suiformes as reconstructed using mtDNA sequencing. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 3:163-194.

Sowls, L. K. 1984. The Peccaries, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Theimer, T. C. and P. Keim. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of peccaries based on mitochondrial cytochrome B DNA sequences. Journal of Mammology 79(2):566-572.

Vassart, M., A. Pinton, A. Seguela and C. Dutertre. 1994. New data on chromosomes of peccaries. Mammalia 58:504–507.

Wright, D. B. 1998. Tayassuidae. Pages 389–401 in: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott and L. L. Jacobs, eds. Cambridge University Press, London.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Pecari tajacu
Location Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Javelina, Tumamoc Hill, Tucson
Source Collection Flickr
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