Tayassu tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Argentina and N. W. Peru to N.C. Texas, S. W. New Mexico and Arizona (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: See Cabrera, 1961:319; see also Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911: 140, for discussion of type locality. JJM and RMW follow Thomas in designating Mexico as the type locality of this species.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Guatemala).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419002001002001.