-
The habitat ranges from the southern United States of America south to northern Argentina.
-
Length-75-100 cm, height-44-57 cm.
-
Weight – 16-30 kg.
-
They are omnivores, eat fruits, in search of which they stir up the litter and dig the ground with "piglets". The diet also includes roots, bulbs, invertebrates and small vertebrates.
-
Life expectancy – up to 20 years.
Peccary are often confused with pigs because of their external resemblance. The coat is grayish almost all over the body, except for the cheeks, where the coat has a yellowish color, and a whitish-yellow "collar" covering the mane, shoulders and neck, for which it was named.
Social behavior
Members of the society zealously protect their territory and each other from outsiders. Two members of the same herd greet each other by rubbing from head to rump. They live in herds that number from 5 to 15 individuals. They feed and sleep together.
Reproduction
Pregnancy lasts 141-151 days. From 1 to 4 cubs are born.
Species and people
For decades, peccary have been an important source of economic income because of their skins and as hunting trophies.
Interesting Facts
If a fight breaks out between the peccary, they start biting each other and beating each other with their fangs.
Peccary are active mainly at night, spending the day on the beds.
-
Not
evaluatedNE -
Data
deficientDD -
Data
deficientlc -
near
threatenedNT -
vulnerablevu
-
endangereden
-
critically
endangeredcr -
extinct
in the wildew -
Extinctex