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Collared Pecari

Pecari tajacu

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Field Notes

Description:

The pecaries are primarily herbivores, and have complex stomachs to digest food poorly chewed. This species eats a wide variety of foods including roots, mushrooms and nuts, along with fruit and sometimes eggs, snakes, fish, and frogs.

Habitat:

Rainforest

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PublishedAugust 17, 2011

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