🦋 Family

Tayassuidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Artiodactyla › Tayassuidae

This is a detailed description of the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), covering its physical traits, behavior, range, habitat, diet and uses.

Tayassu pecari, the white-lipped peccary, is a pig-like ungulate native to Central and South America that lives in large herds.

Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is the largest peccary species native to the arid Gran Chaco region.

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