Peccary - Wikipedia Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig -like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs) They are found throughout Central and South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and in the southwestern area of North America
Peccary | Wild Pig, Collared White-lipped Species | Britannica Peccary, (family Tayassuidae), any of the three species of piglike mammal found in the southern deserts of the United States southward through the Amazon basin to Patagonian South America (see Patagonia)
Peccary - San Diego Zoo Animals Plants Today, three species of peccaries live in the Americas Like their pig relatives, they are quite adaptable, and peccary populations flourish in many different habitat types in North and South America Peccaries are omnivores, and their diet reflects the foods that are most available in their habitat
Peccary (Javelina) - Facts, Information Habitat - Animal Corner Peccary (Javelina) The Peccaries are medium sized, even toed ungulate mammals Today there are four living species of peccaries, found from the southwestern United States through Central America and into South America and Trinidad
Peccary - Species, Size, Classification, Habitat, Diet . . . Peccaries, also known as skunk pigs or javelinas, are medium-sized, pig-like mammals with a distinctive, flexible snout that ends in a round, cartilaginous disk Although they resemble pigs (family Suidae), peccaries belong to a separate family, Tayassuidae, and differ in several anatomical features
Sonoran Desert Fact Sheet - Javelina Javelinas and pigs have been separated for almost 40 million years of evolution! They are also known as the collared peccary because of the lighter ring of hair around their neck shoulders Peccaries can live in large family groups, though young males sometimes travel around on their own
Is It a Pig? A Hog? No, Its a Javelina - HowStuffWorks The javelina, or collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America They are commonly referred to as musk hogs, skunk pigs or, in Trinidad, quenks