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Catagonus wagneri

Description

Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi, 1930). An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. “Bernardino Rivadavia," 36:231.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Llajta Manca.

DISTRIBUTION: Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia.

COMMENT: Originally described from pre-Hispanic and subfossil remains; subsequently discovered alive (Wetzel et al., 1975, Science, 189:379-381; see also Wetzel, 1977, Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 1 -36); Wetzel, 1981, Carnegie Mag., 55:24-32.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 315-343 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 316, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352976

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rusconi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Tayassuidae
Genus
Catagonus
Species
wagneri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi, 1930) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Wetzel, R. M., R. E. Dubos, R. L. Martin, and P. Myers. 1975. Catagonus, an " extinct " peccary, alive in Paraguay. Science, 189: 379 - 381.
  • Wetzel, R. M. 1977. The Chacoan peccary Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 3: 1 - 36.
  • Wetzel, R. M. 1981. The hidden Chacoan peccary. Carnegie Magazine, 55: 24 - 32.