SUID/E 379 



2. SUBQENUS PECARI. 



Pecari, Reichenbach, Bildergal. Thierwelt, pt. vi, p. 1, 1835 ; Miller, 

 List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 383, 1912. 



Mane and dorsal crest shorter than in typical subgenus 

 and not covering rump ; upper surface of nasals and sides of 

 cranial rostrum not flattened, the latter divided by a more 

 or less pronounced zygomatic ridge ; palate long and narrow, 

 with a more or less distinct anterior median ridge, and a 

 depression in preorbital portion of zygomatic root above 

 premolars. 



Kange co-extensive with that of genus. 



The two species are distinguished as follows : 



A. Skull with slight basal angulation of nasals, 



palatal ridge, and preorbital depression D. (P.) tajacu. 



B. Skull with strongly marked basal angulation 



of nasals, prominent palatal ridge, and deep 

 preorbital depression in anterior zygomatic 

 root D. (P.) angulatus. 



II. DICOTYLES (PECAEI) TAJACU. 



Sus tajacu, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i, p. 50, 1758, ed. 12, vol. i, 

 p. 103, 1766. 



Sus tajassu, Erxleben, Syst. Begn. Anim. p. 188, 1777. 



Dicotyles torquatus, Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. i, p. 237, 1817 ; 

 Desmarest, Mammalogie, vol. ii, p. 393, 1822 ; Griffith, Animal 

 Kingdom, vol. v, p. 289, 1827 ; Rengger, Sdugeth. Paraguay, 

 p. 322, 1830; Tschudi, Fauna Peru, p. 216, 1844; Frantzius, 

 Arch. Naturgesch. vol. i, p. 296, 1855 ; Burmeister, Syst. Ueber- 

 sicht, vol. i, p. 327, 1855, Descrip. Phys. Repub. Argent, vol. iii, 

 p. 473, 1879; Baird, Mamm. N. Amer. p. 627, 1857; Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 206 ; Tomes, ibid. 1861, p. 287 ; Stehlin, 

 Abh. schweiz. pal. Ges. vol. xxvi, p. 208, 1899. 



Adenonotus tajacu, Brookes, Cat. Mus. p. 11, 1828. 



Dycoteles torquatus, Jar dine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. v, 

 p. 234, pi. xxvi, 1836. 



Dicotyles tajacu, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 186, 1843 ; Gerrard, 

 Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 280, 1862 ; Sclater, List Anim. 

 Zool. Gardens, p. 19, 1862 ; Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Mamm. 

 p. 102, 1882 ; Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll. Surg. 

 pt. ii, pr 344, 1884 ; Lydehker, Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. ii, 

 p. 252, 1885, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 371, 1901 ; 

 W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. 'Mus. pt. ii, p. 196, 1891; 

 Flower and Lydeklcer, Study of Mammals, p. 290, 1891 ; Elliot, 

 Synop. N. Amer. Mamm. (Field. Mus. Zool Pub. vol. ii) p. 33, 

 1901 ; Weber, Sdugethierc, p. 652, 1904. 



