Order v. Ungulata. Hoofed Quadrupeds. 



Family I. Tagassiiiila?. Peccaries. 



Genus 37. Tagassu. 



Tagassu Frisch, Nat. Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 3 Tab. 



Gen., 1775. Type Sus tajacu Linnaeus. 

 Tayassu Fisch., Zoogn., in, 1814, p. 284. 

 Dicotyles G. Cuv., Regn. Anim., i, 1817, p. 327. 

 Notophorus Fisch., Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, v, 1817, pp. 



373,4i8. 

 Adenonolus Brookes, Prodr. Syst. Anim., n, 1828. 



Subgenus A. Tagassu. 



74. Tagassu nanus (Merriam). 



Tayassu nanus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 102. 

 Tagassu nanus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. 



M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 62. Zool. Ser. 

 DWARF PECCARY. 



Type locality. Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



Geogr. Distr. Only known from the Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



75. Tagassu angulatum (Cope). 



Dicotyles angulattis Cope, Amer. Nat., xxm, 1889, p. 147. 

 Dicotyles tajacu Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., n, 



1901, p. 33, pi. xi. Zool. Ser. (nee Linn.) 

 Tagassu angulatum Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. 



C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 63, pis. xxv, xxvi. Zool. Ser. 

 TEXAN PECCARY. Moran, Jabali in Mexico. 

 Type locality. Guadalupe River, Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northeastern Mexico into Texas. 



tt. Ttigassii' angitlatinn- InuHrrale (Merriam). 



Tayassu angulatus humeralis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 



1901, p. 122. 

 Tagassu angulatum humerale Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 



Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 63. Zool. Ser. 

 ARMERIA PECCARY. 



Type locality. Armeria, State of Colima, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. State of Colima to Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



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