Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico
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Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G.
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Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M.
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Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro
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Juárez-López, Rugieri
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Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth
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Pérez-Solano, Luz A.
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Hernández-Lara, Carolina
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Friedeberg, Diana
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Thornton, Dan
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Koller-González, Juan M.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/13.6.711
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10.15560/13.6.711
1809-127X
Dicotyles crassus
Linnaeus, 1758
Material examined.
Table 2
;
Figure 28
.
Dicotyles crassus
is a medium-sized mammal with a large triangular head, stocky body, and thin legs. Its fur is mostly dark gray-brown but this species is characterized by a cream-colored collar from the shoulders to the chest. The only similar species is
Tayassu pecari
, but
D. crassus
can be easily differentiated because
T. pecari
is larger, has darker fur, and has a white patch on its cheek and lower jaw. We use
D. crassus
instead of the commonly used
Pecari tajacu
following
Ramirez-Pulido et al. (2014)
.