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Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu

Photo by NickIrvine1
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Field Notes

Description:

Small tusked mammal more closely related to rodents than to pigs.

Habitat:

Ponderosa pine forest in N. Arizona

Notes:

Skull was found in a dry wash in Northern AZ

Species ID Suggestions

Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu
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