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Collared Peccary

Tayassu tajacu

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Walking along a trail through the rainforest, I came face to face with this Collard Peccary. We stopped and looked at each other for nearly a minute before it ran off into the forest.

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

Reference Links:

Collared Peccaries

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Comments (3)
pamsai
Well yes bayucca, it has that look in its eye, not to be trusted. Guess i was lucky ! Or maybe it just wanted its photo taken !!
bayucca
Wrong time and wrong place, it might also be the other way round, you running off ;-) Sometimes these peccaries can be quite aggressive.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedDecember 20, 2015

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