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Taxon: Family Tayassuidae Palmer, 1897 (1849) - peccaries (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Palmer, 1897 (1849), nom. nov. praeval.
Original name:  Palmer, 1897:174.

Attributes

Unnecessary replacement name ([nom. nov. superfl.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 40.1 (fam.: type syn.)] Ref: P. Grubb, 2005. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) Mammal Species of the World, Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore: 643. [inferred]
Unnecessary replacement name in prevailing usage (year2 (year1): nom. nov. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 40.2 (<1961)] Ref: P. Grubb, 2005. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) Mammal Species of the World, Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore: 643 (ICZN, 1999: Art. 40.2).

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Tayassuinae (Subfamily) Palmer, 1897

Synonyms

Senior synonym: Dicotylidae (Family) Turner, 1849 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 640).
Synonymous name: Cynorcidae (Family) Cope, 1867 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Dicotylidae (Family) Turner, 1849 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 643.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: pekari's
: navelzwijnen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: peccaries
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