PeccaryFamily: Tayassuidae

Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) Also called:

Mexican HogBehavior:• Live up to groups of one to 20 individuals• Diurnal- might be nocturnal(Active at night) or

active primarily during twilight or dusk or dawn)• Sleep at night in burrows often under the roots

of trees• If feel threated, they defend themselves with

there long tusks which they sharpen themselves.

Range:• North, South and South America• Live in Deserts, Scrublands, tropical,

Subtropical, grasslands• Notable population are known in suburbs of

Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona

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Physical:• 20-24 inches tall at the shoulder and about 1-

1.5 inches long(40-60 inches)• Weight- 14-31 kg / 31-68 lb.• They have a brown, black coat that is bristly

Food:• Fruit• Roots• Tuber(potatoes, onions)• Palm nuts• Grasses• Small vertebrates• Tulip bulbs• Eggs• Carrion

Reproduction:• Gestation Period: 141-151 days.• Young per Birth: 1-5 • Weaning: At 2-3 months.• Sexual Maturity: females at 8-14 months, males at 11

months. • Life span: 24 years

White-Lipped Peccary(Tayassu pecari)Behavior:• Can give birth to two peccaries at a time• Live in herds up to 20-300 individuals• Predators- Jaguar, Puma, Boa Constrictors• It performs all its actions at night • When feel threated they will let off a loud “bark”

and show there teeth to avoid conflict

Range:• Central and South America

• Dry Savannas, Humid Tropical Rain Forest

Physical:• White marking below snout to the cheek

• Brown and Black- Bristly Hairs running down the spine growing longer than the sides and forming an crest which is raised when the peccary becomes excited.

• When standing up they get excited• Adult weight: 25-40 kg• Head- Dark Brown which makes the white marking around the jaw

stand out

Food:• Fruit Nuts• Vegetation• Small Amounts of animal matters

Reproduction:• Gestation period: 156-162 days• Litter size: 2, sometimes 1 or 3. • Weaning: By 6 months. • Sexual maturity: Between 1 and 2 years of age. • Life span: Up to 13 years. • Babies weight over 1kg when born• Babies- Reddish Brown, with a dark stripe running down there backs• Just before birth, the female leaves the group giving birth alone in a cave.

After one day she then rejoins the group.

Range:• Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia and

Northern Argentina

Behavior:• Travel in herds up to 20 • Communicate ranging from using there

grunts to chattering the teeth• Love to charge things and bit things• Produce a milk, that is used for marking

trees, shrubs, and similar objects• Bath in the mud or dust

Chacoan peccary(Catagonus wagneri)

Physical:

Food:

• Well know for its rough leathery snout• The bristle-like fur is generally brown to almost gray• A dark stripe runs across the back, and white fur is on the shoulders.• Longer ears, snout, tail• Three Hind Toe• Sprays secretions from their dorsal glands• Young are generally born between the months of September and December, but

litters have been found almost year-round• Weight- 30-43 kg / 66-95 lb.

• Cacti• Flowers• Seeds• Fruit Nuts• Anything they can get

there mouth on

Reproduction:• Gestation Period: 5 months.• Young per Birth: 1-4 • Sexual Maturity: Minimum breeding age is thought to be 3 years.• Most births occur between September and November.