Muknalia minima Stinnesbeck et al., 2017

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Taxonomically invalid. A synonym of the Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) (Schubert et al., 2020).

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene-Holocene

Distribution

Yucatán Peninsula (eastern), Mexico

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Stinnesbeck, Sarah R. et al. (2017). A new fossil peccary from the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary of the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 77: 341-349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2016.11.003 [Abstract]

Other references:

Schubert, B.W., Samuels, J.X., Chatters, J.C. and Arroyo-Cabrales, J., 2020. Muknalia minima from the Yucatán of Mexico is synonymous with the collared peccary, Pecari tajacu (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae). Open Quaternary 6(1): 8. http://doi.org/10.5334/oq.84

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21726/muknalia-minima

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