Pecari | |
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Collared Peccary | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Tayassuidae |
Genus: |
Pecari Reichenbach, 1835 |
Species | |
Pecari is a genus of mammals in the peccary family, Tayassuidae. The genus was monotypic until the description of P. maximus in 2007, but the scientific evidence for its status as a species separate from P. tajacu has later been questioned, leading the IUCN to treat it as a synonym.