Parachoerus wagneri

(Rusconi, 1930)

Chacoan Peccary

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Suina
Family : Tayassuidae
Genus : Parachoerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rusconi, C. 1930-05-21. Las especies fósiles argentinas del pecaríes (Tayassuidae) y sus relaciones con las del Brasil y Norte América. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 36:121-241.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822009640004?urlappend=%3Bseq=207%3Bownerid=9007199273428800-227

Original name as described

Platygonus (Parachoerus) Carlesi Wagneri

Other common names

Giant Peccary

Type material

MACN-Pv 14670

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Catagonus to Parachoerus, Rusconi, 1930

Taxonomy notes citation

Parisi Dutra, R., Casali, D. D. M., Missagia, R. V., Gasparini, G. M., Perini, F. A., & Cozzuol, M. A. (2017). Phylogenetic systematics of peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a classification of South American tayassuids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 24, 345-358.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006379

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Platygonus (Parachoerus) Carlesi Wagneri

(Rusconi, 1930)

Family

Tayassuidae

Root name

wagneri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Pv 14670

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires

Name usages

Rusconi (1930:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69106)

Catagonus wagneri

(Wetzel, Dubos, R. L. Martin, & Myers, 1975)

Family

Tayassuidae

Root name

wagneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

380

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

  1. Wetzel, Dubos, Martin & Myers (1975:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39673)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Grubb (1993:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  5. Anderson (1997:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  9. Groves & Grubb (2011:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4015/72587993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Parachoerus wagneri

Parisi Dutra, Casali, Missagia, Gasparini, Perini, & Cozzuol, 2017

Family

Tayassuidae

Root name

wagneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

354

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Name usages

  1. Parisi Dutra, Casali, Missagia, Gasparini, Perini & Cozzuol (2017:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32182)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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