Dicotyles tajacu - #325
Collared Peccary
Side view. Formerly as Pecari tajacu or Pecari angulatus, Javelina.
Geographic Distribution
USA (mainly in Arizona and Texas), Mexico (outside the Sierra Madre), and all other Central American states; South America in N Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad, and Venezuela. Introduced to Cuba.
Order/Family
Tayassuidae
Genus
Dicotyles
Specific Epithet
tajacu
Image Location
USA, TX, Harris Co., Houston Zoo
Image Date
1972
Photographer
EC Oaks