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Small mammals
Collared peccary
Collared peccary · Pecari tajacu
Collared peccaries, social relatives of wild boar with a distinctive neck band, roam the wild bush landscapes of the Americas.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 30 kg in weight, about 90 cm long and 45 cm shoulder height
- Males and females
- No visible difference between the sexes, both males and females without tusks
- Sounds
- Grunting, squeaking and loud teeth chattering for communication
- Diet
- Mainly roots, grasses, fruit, small animals and seeds
- Offspring
- 1–3 young are born after a gestation period of 5 months, mostly in spring
How to identify Collared peccary
Collared peccaries are easy to recognise by the pale band of fur that gives them their name and runs like a collar from the shoulder to the chest. The rest of the coat is bristlier than that of wild boar and grey-brown to black in colour. The body is stocky, the legs short and strong. A characteristic feature of peccaries is the very short, almost invisible tail. Their head is relatively large and ends in a pointed snout.
At around 90 centimetres in length and with a shoulder height of about 45 centimetres, collared peccaries have a compact, deep body shape. Unlike wild boar they do not have prominent tusks and their face looks narrower. Similar peccary species are absent from western South and North America, so the pale neck band is the most reliable distinguishing feature.
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- general viewing tips
- 3 places where you can see Collared peccary
Where Collared peccary live
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