†Dicotyles Cuvier 1817 (peccary)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 45680
Alternative spelling: Perchoerus (Dicotyles)
Parent taxon: Tayassuinae according to D. B. Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Argyrohyus, Dyseohyus, Platygonini, Prosthennops, Sylvochoerus, Tayassuini, Waldochoerus
Subtaxa: Dicotyles major, Dicotyles platensis, Dicotyles protervus, Dicotyles torquatus, Dicotyles traunmulleri
Ecology: scansorial insectivore