Order V. Ungulata. Hoofed Quadrupeds. 



Family I. TagasMuidie. Peccaries. 



Genus 37. Tagassu. 



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



Gen., 1775. Type Stis tajacu Linnaeus. 

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

 Dicotyles G. Cuv., R^gn. Anim., i, 1817, p. 327. 

 Notophorus Fisch., M^m. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, v, 181 7, pp. 



373.418. 

 Adenonoius^vodkes, Prodr. Syst. Anim., 11, 1828. 



Subgenus A. Tagassn. 



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 angulatus Cope, Amer. Nat., xxiii, 1889, p. 147. 

 Dicotyles tajacu Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 



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. 



a. Tagassu an^ulatiun hriinerale (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 Tehuan tepee, Mexico. 



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