Dicotyles tajacu - #5119
Collared Peccary
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
Image Location
USA, AZ, Maricopa co., Phoenix Zoo
Image Date
14 February 2013
Photographer
KD Rudloff