Dicotyles tajacu - #5932
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
Costa Rica, Pujntarenas province, Corcovado National Park
Image Date
21 February 2010
Photographer
J Hall