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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.
In the video above, this hasty javelina barreled past apartments and effortlessly. ... but the collared peccary is the only species living in Arizona. Javelinas live in herds of around 12 animals ...
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:
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 ...
It features several plants native to the Sonoran Desert including the saguaro cactus, and animals such as the turtle, coyote, collared peccary (more commonly known as the javelina), cougar, golden eagle, bobcat, snowy egret, raven, horned lizard, rattlesnake, black-tailed prairie dog, ringtail, turkey vulture, California condor, thick billed ...
Arizona wildlife officials are asking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for shooting a javelina with an arrow in a park near Tucson. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ...
Eight suine species (counter-clockwise from top left): red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus), collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu), feral pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus), north Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis), wild boar (Sus scrofa), pygmy hog (Porcula salvanius), common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), and Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)