#peccaries

[slopforhogs]

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

[antiqueanimals]

"Collared Peccaries"

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 3. 1927. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

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[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Everyone likes truffles, and finding them isn't a problem at all for the peccary! Also known as javalinas, these small pigs are able to detect truffles, tubers, and bulbs, as well as delicious worms and grubs, up to 8 cm (3 in) below the soil's surface!

(Image: A mama collared pecary (Dicotyles tajacu) and her baby by Rick Wiley)

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[mammalidentifier]

I'm fucked up watching videos on javelinas

Fucked up in the crib watching not-quite-pig

[primordialcore]

Request I did over in Pillowfort, this time for Rashkah

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A family of peccaries (Tayassu pecari), which are also hunted alongside tapirs.

Image by sharloch via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

[markhors-menagerie]

Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu)

Peccaries are relatives of pigs which live in the Americas. The common species is the most adaptable, eating a variety of plants and small animals, and found in habitats from deserts and wetlands to rainforests and urban areas, from the US in the north to Argentina in the south. They hide in burrows, caves, and under logs.

[nopalrabbit]

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