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Collared Peccary
Pecari tajacu
Within the Unites States, the Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) is fairly common in many areas of south and west Texas as well as parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
Collared Peccary
: Family Dicotylidae : Tayassu tajacu (Linnaeus)
Description.
Collared peccary, Javelina
Taxonomy Pecari tajacu [Linnaeus, 1758]. Citation: Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:50.
Collared Peccary
(Tayassu tajacu)
Collared peccaries can be seen at the Zoo between the Camel Yard and the Small Mammal House.
The collared peccary breeds throughout the year. The gestation period is 21 weeks. The female gives birth in dens in a hollow log or in a depression in the ground. She has to two to six young, but the average litter size is two.
Collared Peccary have poor eyesight and good hearing.
Related Species
Chaco Peccary. (Catagonus wagneri) - S. America
White-lipped Peccary. (Tayassu pecari) - Mexico ...
Javelina (Collared Peccary)
The javelina or collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) is a pig-like mammal that lives in deserts, dry woodlands, and chaparral in the southwestern USA and Mexico.
Collared Peccary
Collared peccaries are named after the ring of white fur around their necks. The hairs are generally gray or black with a few white zones. They have slender legs and relatively small feet in proportion to the rest of the body.
Collared Peccary
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Pecari tajacu - inset shows group at waterhole
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In the southwestern United States, collared peccary (Pecari angulatus) can be an important part of the mountain lion diet [56].
Peccaries,which range fromNewMexico andTexas to Patagonia, are represented by two main types, of which the first is the collared peccary, Dicotyles (or Tagassu) tajacu, which has an extensive range in South America.
The collared peccary, or javelina, Tayassu tajacu, is the more common, ranging from the SW United States to Argentina and inhabiting many types of country, from tropical swamps to dry scrub regions. It is about 20 in.
are the Collared Peccary (sometimes called the Javelina) and the White-lipped Peccary. They are between 1.5 and 2.5 feet at the shoulder and weigh between 66-88 pounds. They communicate by various sounds such as grunting and teeth chattering.
There are two species: the Collared peccary or javelina, its briskly , grizzled and gray black hair marked with a white neck band and , survives in small numbers in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas and is more numerous southward to Patagonia; ...
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 See also: Peccary, Deer, Bison, Antelope, Sheep
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