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The collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed) mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America. It is the only member of the genus Dicotyles. They are commonly referred to as javelina, saíno, taitetu, or báquiro, although these terms are also used to describe other species in the ...
Collared peccary (D. tajacu) The collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) or "musk hog", referring to the animal's scent glands, occurs from the Southwestern United States into South America and the island of Trinidad. The coat consists of wiry peppered black, gray, and brown hair with a lighter colored "collar" circling the shoulders.
English: A herd of collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), as captured by a fixed camera in Scottsdale, Arizona. Footage from 8 April 2014. Date: 9 April 2014, 12:10:52:
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At first glance, a javelina appears to look like a pig or wild boar, but the animal belongs to the peccary family — “a group of hoofed mammals originating from South America,” according to ...
Peccary (also javelina or skunk pig), a medium-sized hoofed mammal of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs) in the suborder Suina Pecari , a genus of mammals in the peccary family, Tayassuidae Topics referred to by the same term
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Collared peccary. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries) Genus: Dicotyles