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.
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Peccary - small wild pig, genus Tayassu, the only pig native to the Americas.
Javelina is derived from the Spanish word for javelin or sword and is a reference to the peccary's sharp tusks. Pecary is believed to be a Tupi (Brazilian native) word meaning "many paths through the woods." Tajacu is a Brazilian name for the peccary.
They are called Javelina because of their razor-sharp tusks, Spanish for javelin or spear.
You may smell a peccary before you see it.
The prickly pear is ideal food for the Collared Peccary due to its high water content.
It is commonly called "Javelina" in Texas and elsewhere. Its range extends southward through Central America and into South America all the way to northern Argentina.
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The javelina is definitely pig-like in appearance, however, they tend to be smaller than pigs with longer, thinner legs. As well, the collared peccary has a large head with a long snout and razor-sharp tusks which point towards the ground.
The name javelina, Spanish for javelin, is derived from the collared peccary's spear-like upper canines.
Collared Peccaries are found in the Western Hemisphere, from the southwestern part of the United States south to Paraguay.
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.
Peccaries (also known as javelinas and by the Spanish names, javali or pecarí) are medium-sized mammals of the family Tayassuidae. Peccaries are members of the Artiodactyl suborder Suina as are swine Suidae and hippopotami Hippopotamidae.
In Texas, collared peccaries (often called "javelinas") occupy the brushy semidesert where prickly pear is a conspicuous part of the flora.
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; ...
I also found a Spotted Towhee eating from the same bush, and a small group of Javelina came through the area while I was there.
Their food sources include, but are not limited to, small rodents, rabbits, deer, elk, moose, antelope, cattle, hogs, skunk, javelina, armadillo, opossum, birds, crustaceans, insects, lizards, prickly pear cactus, fruits, and grasses.
Prey items:
deer, elk, pronghorn, rabbits, rodents, javelina and occasionally livestock
Predators:
None ...
The Mexican wolf mainly eats deer in the wild. However, it may also eat livestock, elk, pronghorn, rabbits, javelina, and other small mammals.
It seems that this is a little too early for much nocturnal snake activity, and the only animals I saw on the road at night were javelinas, bunnies, and squashed collared lizards and round-tailed horned lizards.
They are carnivores that prey on a variety of animals; some favorites include deer and wild hogs. Other prey animals included in the Mountain Lion's diet are rabbits, jackrabbits, javelinas, and rodents.
It is two to three feet long and stands about one and a half feet to two feet tall. It has a musk gland at the top of its rump. It uses its musk to identify members of its group and to mark its territory. It is sometimes called the javelina.
 See also: Peccary, Collared Peccary, Deer, Musk, Rabbit
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