Definition of Genus Tayassu

1. Noun. Type genus of the Tayassuidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pecari, Tayassu
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Tayassuidae, Tayassuidae
Member holonyms: Musk Hog, Peccary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tayassu

genus Tantilla
genus Tapirus
genus Taraktagenos
genus Taraktogenos
genus Taraxacum
genus Taricha
genus Tarpon
genus Tarrietia
genus Tarsius
genus Taurotragus
genus Tautoga
genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus
genus Tectaria
genus Tectona
genus Telanthera
genus Tellima
genus Telopea
genus Templetonia
genus Tenrec
genus Tephrosia
genus Terebella
genus Teredo
genus Termes
genus Terrapene
genus Terrietia
genus Testudo

Literary usage of Genus Tayassu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 14, p. 102. July 19, 1901. TYPE LOCALITY.—Cozumel Island, Yucatan. Genus TAYASSU Fischer. 1814. ..."

2. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"... three on the hind feet (the fifth wanting). Stomach complex. A caecum. Confined to the New World.6 (Flower and Lydekker.) Genus TAYASSU Fischer (1814). ..."

3. Reports and Papers by Iowa Geological Survey (1914)
"When fossil peccary teeth shall have been found which appear to belong to the genus Tayassu, they ought to be carefully compared with the teeth of authentic ..."

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