Dicotyles tajacu - #4395
Collared Peccary
Skeleton of adult in lateral 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
Photographer
Josh Villemarette