- Peccary - Wikipedia
Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig -like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs) They are found throughout Central and South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and in the southwestern area of North America
- Peccary - Species, Size, Classification, Habitat, Diet, Pictures
Peccaries, also known as skunk pigs or javelinas, are medium-sized, pig-like mammals with a distinctive, flexible snout that ends in a round, cartilaginous disk Although they resemble pigs (family Suidae), peccaries belong to a separate family, Tayassuidae, and differ in several anatomical features
- Peccary | Wild Pig, Collared White-lipped Species | Britannica
Peccary, (family Tayassuidae), any of the three species of piglike mammal found in the southern deserts of the United States southward through the Amazon basin to Patagonian South America (see Patagonia)
- Peccary - San Diego Zoo Animals Plants
Today, three species of peccaries live in the Americas Like their pig relatives, they are quite adaptable, and peccary populations flourish in many different habitat types in North and South America Peccaries are omnivores, and their diet reflects the foods that are most available in their habitat
- Chacoan Peccary - San Francisco Zoo Gardens
Chacoan peccary live in the Gran Chaco, a hot, semi-arid plain in Paraguay which extends into Bolivia and Argentina Vegetation primarily consists of low-lying succulents and thorny bushes
- Peccary (Javelina) - Facts, Information Habitat - Animal Corner
Peccary (Javelina) The Peccaries are medium sized, even toed ungulate mammals Today there are four living species of peccaries, found from the southwestern United States through Central America and into South America and Trinidad Collared peccaries are known as javelinas
- Is It a Pig? A Hog? No, Its a Javelina - HowStuffWorks
The javelina, or collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America They are commonly referred to as musk hogs, skunk pigs or, in Trinidad, quenks
- What is a javelina? And what should you do if you meet one on a hike?
Also known as peccary, javelina (pronounced "ha-vu-lee-nuh") look similar to wild boar but are considered a close New World relative to swine rather than an actual pig, with small skeletal and dental differences between the two
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