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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Chacopekari
Common Names in English:
Chaco Peccary, Chacoan Peccary, Tagua
Common Names in French:
Pécari Du Chaco
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Artiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder:
Suiformes
()
- Jaeckel, 1911
- Superfamily:
Suoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Cope, 1887
- Family:
Tayassuidae
()
- Palmer, 1897
- Subfamily:
Tayassuinae
()
- Genus:
Catagonus
()
- Ameghino, 1904
- Specific name:
wagneri
- (Rusconi, 1930)
- Scientific name: - Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi, 1930)
- Specific name:
wagneri
- (Rusconi, 1930)
- Genus:
Catagonus
(
- Subfamily:
Tayassuinae
(
- Family:
Tayassuidae
(
- Superfamily:
Suoidea
(
- Suborder:
Suiformes
(
- Order:
Artiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Catagonus
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
C. brachydontus · C. wagneri (Chacoan Peccary)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Mace, G.M. and Balmford, A. 2000. Patterns and processes in contemporary mammalian extinction. In: A. Entwhistle and N. Dunstone (eds) Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity. Has the Panda had its day?, pp. 27-52. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Peter Grubb: Status: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Vulnerable
- Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Taber, A. B.1993.The Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri). In Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos: Status Survey and Action Plan.Edited by W. L. R. Oliver. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.Available online at http://iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/Contents.htm
- Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- Pigs & Peccaries Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Pigs and Peccaries Specialist Group 1996. Catagonus wagneri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478668
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625021
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816767
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625021
- IUCN ID: 4015
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1207
