Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pereira, Alan Deivid, Bazilio, Sergio & Orsi, Mário Luís, 2018, Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil, Check List 14 (5), pp. 785-799 : 794

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.785

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477134

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/79763466-FFD0-FF8A-C622-FC67FBC7FAED

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

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Records. First record was in July 31, 2013, camera trap 6 (25°07.51ʹ S, 049°57.08ʹ W) and subsequently in the monitoring sites (camera traps 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, see Fig. 1 for coordinates).

Identification. The identification of the Brazilian native pig Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758) was based on pelage characteristics. A collar formed by slightly clear hair may be observed around its neck, differentiating the species from other native pigs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Tayassuidae

Genus

Pecari

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