Order V. Ungulata. Hoofed Quadrupeds. 



Family I. Ta»-a!>i!>iiii(la*. Peeoiiries. 



Genus 37. Taj>'Jissii. 



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



Gen., 1775. Type Siis tajacii Linnaeus. 

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

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

 Notophoms Fisch., Mem. Soc. Imp. Xat. Moscou, v, 181 7, pp. 



373.418. 

 Adenonoiiis Brookes, Prodr. Syst. Anim., 11, 1828. 



Subgenus A. Tagassu. 



74. Tagassu nanus (Merriam). 



Tayassn luunis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xiv, 1901, p. 102. 

 Tagassu nanus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. «S: \V. Indies, F. C. 

 M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 62. Zool. Ser. 

 Dwarf Peccarv. 



Type locality. Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. 



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



75. Tagassu angulatum (Cope). 



Dicotyles angiilatiis Cope, Amer. Nat., xxiii, 1889, p. 147. 

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



1901, p. T^T,, pi. XI. Zool. Ser. (nee Linn.) 

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



C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 63, pis. XXV, XXVI. Zool. Ser. 

 Texax Peccary. Moran, Jabali in Mexico. 

 Type locality. Guadalupe River, Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Northeastern Mexico into Texas. 



(I. Td^assji ((iigjihiiii III hiiinn-dle (Merriam). 



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



1901, p. 122. 

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

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

 Armeri.a. Peccarv. 



Type locality. Armeria, State of Colima, Mexico. 

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



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