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| name = Giant peccary |
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| status = DD |
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| status_system = iucn3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref name=iucn/> |
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| classification_status = disputed |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Mammal]]ia |
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| ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] |
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| familia = [[Tayassuidae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Pecari]]'' |
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| species = '''''P. maximus''''' |
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| binomial = ''Pecari maximus'' |
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| binomial_authority = [[Marc van Roosmalen|Roosmalen]] ''et al.'', 2007 |
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The '''giant peccary''' (''Pecari maximus'') is a possible fourth species of [[peccary]], discovered in [[Brazil]] in 2000 by the Dutch naturalist [[Marc van Roosmalen]]. In 2003, he and [[Germany|German]] [[natural history]] filmmaker [[Lothar Frenz]] succeeded in filming a group and gathering material, which later would serve as the [[Biological type|type]]. Though recently discovered by science, it has been known to locals as ''Caitetu Munde'', which means "great peccary which lives in pairs". It was formally described in 2007,<ref name=description>Roosmalen, M.G.M.; Frenz, L.; Hooft, W.F. van; Iongh, H.H. de; Leirs, H. 2007. ''A New Species of Living Peccary (Mammalia: Tayassuidae) from the Brazilian Amazon.'' Bonner zoologische Beitrage 55(2): 105–112.</ref> but the scientific evidence for its species status has later been questioned,<ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/roosmalen-200802.html ''Trials of a Primatologist.''] – smithsonianmag.com. Accessed March 15, 2008</ref><ref name=validity>Gongora, J., Taber, A., Keuroghlian, A., Altrichter, M., Bodmer, R.E., Mayor, P., Moran, C., Damayanti, C.S., González S. (2007). ''[http://data.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/pphsg/Suiform%20soundings/Newsletter%207%282%29.pdf Re-examining the evidence for a ‘new’ peccary species, ‘Pecari maximus’, from the Brazilian Amazon].'' Newsletter of the Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Specialist Group of the IUCN/SSC. 7(2): 19–26.</ref> which also is one of the reasons for it being evaluated as [[data deficient]] by [[IUCN]].<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Gongora, J.|year=2008|id=136740|title=Pecari maximus|downloaded=25 November 2008}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of data deficient.</ref> |
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Its assumed range encompass the south-central [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]] between the [[Madeira River|Madeira]] and the [[Tapajós River]]s. It is restricted to Terra Firme forest. Unlike other peccaries in its range, the Giant Peccary appears to mainly occur in pairs or small family groups.<ref name=description/> |
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According to its original description, the giant peccary is larger, longer-legged, and proportionally smaller-headed than the only other member of the genus, the [[collared peccary]] (''P. tajacu'').<ref name=description/> Compared to the [[sympatric]] populations of the collared peccary, the giant peccary also has thinner fur that is grizzled in brown and white, blacker legs and a relatively faint collar. Five skins of the giant peccary had a total length of 120–137 cm (47–54 in), while local hunters have estimated a weight of 40–50 kg (88–110 lb). Based on [[mtDNA]], it has been estimated that the Collared and the giant peccary diverged 1–1.2 million years ago,<ref name=description/> but these results have been considered questionable due to the low [[Bootstrapping (statistics)|bootstrap]] support, small [[sample size]], and the absence of [[nDNA]] and [[cytogenetic]] results.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=validity/> Furthermore, it is known that there are extensive [[intraspecific]] variations (both individual and locality-based) in the [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]] of the collared peccary.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=validity/> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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{{wikispecies|Pecari maximus}} |
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*[http://www.livescience.com/1997-big-pig-beast-discovered.html "Big Pig-Like Beast Discovered"] from [[LiveScience]]. |
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*[http://www.geo.de/GEO/wissenschaft_natur/tiere/2004_06_GEO_riesenpekari/index.html?linkref=geode_pager Forscher entdecken neuen Großsäuger], GEO magazine (in German) |
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*[http://www.marcvanroosmalen.org/giantpeccary.htm Info on the recently discovered Giant Peccary] |
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{{Artiodactyla|S.}} |
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[[Category:Peccaries]] |
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[[Category:Animals described in 2007]] |
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[[Category:Mammals of South America]] |
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[[Category:Mammals of Brazil]] |
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[[Category:Megafauna of South America]] |
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[[Category:Controversial taxa]] |
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