Dicotyles tajacu - #794
Collared Peccary
Side view, Dicotyles tajacu tajacu. Formerly as Pecari tajacu, South American Collared Peccary.
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
Argentina, Buenos Aires Zoo
Image Date
1982
Photographer
CE Chehebar