64 TAOASSU. 



Genl. Char. Sexes nearly alike in color and size. 



Color. Similar to T. angulatum, but "sides decidedly whiter; 

 shoulder stripes broader and more conspicuous and somewhat sub- 

 triangular, broadest where they abut against the median dorsal black 

 band, which is well developed; (shoulder stripes broadest and most 

 striking in young) ; pelage coarser and scantier, the individual bristles 

 decidedly larger and fewer in number; no black on nose or under- 

 lip." (Merr.) 



Measurements. Total length, 880; tail, 36; hind foot, 183. 



c. crassum (Tayassu), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, ipoi.p. 124. 

 HEAVY PECCARY. 



Type locality. Metlaltoyuca, State of Puebla, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. States of Puebla and Chiapas, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to T. angulatum, but larger; bristles large 

 and rigid; dorsal stripe ill defined; "anterior opening of antorbital 

 foramen between second and third premolars."* (Merr., 1. c.) 



Color. General hue grizzled gray; black dorsal stripe indistinct 

 or obsolete; hind legs grizzled black and fulvous. 



Measurements. Total length, 950; tail, 54; hind foot, 203. 



d. sonoriense (Dicotyles), Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 



1897, p. 469. 

 SONORA PECCARY. 



Type locality. San Bernardino River, State of Sonora, Mexico, 

 near Monument No. 77, Mexican boundary line. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Sonora, Mexico, into Arizona. 



Genl. Char. Larger than T. angulatum, with smaller and simpler 

 molars. 



Color. Above mixed grayish and yellowish white and brownish 

 black; indistinct whitish color across neck and in front of shoulder; 

 muzzle, cheeks and space before eyes brownish gray; under jaw 

 yellowish, triangular black patch on chin; ears black; limbs brownish 

 white and black, with a light band above accessory hoofs on fore legs; 

 under parts blackish; grayish on axillar and inguinal regions; snout 

 plumbeous; hoofs plumbeous black; mane of black-tipped bristles 

 from crown to gland on rump. Young pale reddish brown, with 

 black vertical stripes. 



Measurements. Total length, 920; tail vertebrae, 65; ear from 

 crown, 115; height at shoulder, 610; hind foot, 200. 



* The position of the opening of the antorbital foramen is not a dependable 

 character, for in a series of skulls from Texas and Mexico, this opening is found 

 to be between the second and third premolar, over the third premolar (both 

 specimens from the same locality) , and between the third premolar and the first 

 molar, and is thus shown to vary greatly. 



