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Definition of Tayassu tajacu
1. Noun. Dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States.
Generic synonyms: Musk Hog, Peccary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tayassu Tajacu
Literary usage of Tayassu tajacu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"... tayassu tajacu? ( = T. lenis?) Many years ago,38 Edward Daniels recorded
certain animal remains from the driftless area from deposits which are here ..."
2. The Peccary--with Observations on the Introduction of Pigs to the New World by R. A. Donkin (1985)
"referred specifically to the collared peccary (tayassu tajacu).9 Sus continued
to be employed by some authors until about ..."
3. Bulletin by Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of the Interior, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States National Museum, United States (1907)
"On the following page he describes what he considers to be intermediate between
tayassu tajacu and T. angulatum, from Costa Rica, and in conclusion ..."