384 BULLETIN 79, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



t*Pecari nanus (Meniam). 



1901. Tayassu nanus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 14, p. 102. July 19, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Cozumel Island, Yucatan. 



Genus TAYASSU Fischer. 



1814. Tayassu Fischer, Zoognosia, vol. 3, p. 284. Type by 

 tautonymy, Tayassu pecari Fischer. 



1817. Dicotyles Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 1, p. 237. Type 

 by subsequent designation (now selected), Dicotyles Idbiatus 

 Cuvier = Tayassu pecari Fischer. The variants of this name 

 cited by Palmer (Index Generum Mammalium, p. 228, Janu- 

 ary 23, 1904) will all take the same type. 



1817. Notopliorus Fischer, Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vol. 

 5, p. 373. (Substitute for Tayassu.) 



1901. Olidosus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 14, 

 p. 120. July 19, 1901. Type, Sus alhirostris Illiger = 

 Tayassu pecari Fischer. 



For use of this name in place of Dicotyles Cuvier (Regne Animal, vol. 1, 

 p. 237, 1817) see Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, p. 174, June 

 9, 1897. 



*Tayassu pecari pecari Fischer. 



1814. [Tayassu] pecari Fischer, Zoognosia, vol. 3, p. 285. 

 1885. Dicotyles labiatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 

 (1884), p. 592. 1885. 



1902. Tayassu pecari Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 16, p. 165. July 1, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Paraguay. (Supposed to range north to 

 Panama.) 



t*Tayassu pecari ringens (Merriam). 



1901. Tayassu alhirostris ringens Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 14, p. 121. July 19, 1901. 



1902. Tayassu pecari ringens Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 16, p. 166. July 1, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Apazote, near Yohaltun, State of Campeche, 

 Mexico. 



