Tayassu

== Translingual == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Tupi taîasu, tayaçu (“peccary”). === Proper noun === Tayassu m A taxonomic genus within the family Tayassuidae – white-lipped peccary, a pig-like animal found from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Suina – suborder; Tayassuidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Tayassu pecari – sole species === References === Tayassu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tayassu on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tayassu on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons