Title
Revisiting the species status of Pecari maximus van Roosmalen et al., 2007 (Mammalia) from the Brazilian Amazon
Author(s)
Gongora,J. ;Biondo, C. ;Cooper, J. D;Taber, A.;Keuroghlian, A;. ;Altrichter, M. ;Do Nascimento, F. F. ;Chong, A.Y.;Miyaki, M.Y.;Bodmer, R.;Mayor, P. ;González, S.
Published
2011
Publisher
Bonn zoological Bulletin
Abstract
Three extant species of peccaries (Tayassuidae) are currently recognized and are distributed in the Americas:
Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari and Catagonus wagneri. The recent claim for a new peccary species, Pecari maximus, raises
questions about whether there is sufficient molecular or other evidence to support it as a new species. Here, we revisit
that evidence using 91 published and 50 novel DNA sequences mainly from P. tajacu, as well as comment on the morphological
and ecological evidence used to support such a claim. Phylogenetic analyses show that the single specimen
of P. maximus used clustered within the South American lineage of P. tajacu closely related to Brazilian specimens. In
addition, the morphological and ecological data used to claim the species status of P. maximus appears to be deficient
and inconclusive, in the light of available literature.
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