#pecari tajacu

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Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu/Pecari tajacu) “Javelina aka Collared Peccary” by Larry Lamsa, CC BY 2.0 (x)

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Javelina or peccary (Pecari tajacu). Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA

Dominique Braud

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The first skunk pig of spring.

Javelina (Pecari tajacu) at the Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Cochise County, Arizona. 

Parfumiers use the word sillage to describe the penetrating aura of a perfume when it is worn on the skin. How noticeable is a scent’s trail when the wearer walks through a room? With javelinas, the sillage is unmistakable – a sharp musky odor from scent glands under their tails. I always smell javelinas before I see them. 

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Javelina.

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Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)

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Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) 

Photo by Mark Newman

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Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu/Pecari tajacu)

Captured by larissavillarreal, CC BY-NC 4.0

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Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu/Pecari tajacu) with leucism amongst a squadron of typical peccaries

Captured by Ramiro Gonzalez, CC BY-NC 4.0

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