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Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
Photographed in Costa Rica. Photograph by Robert Poletto. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Summit Gardens, Panama City Photograph by Rictor Norton & David Allen. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Collared Peccaries at Calgary zoo. Photograph by Colin Smith. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
COLLARED PECCARY FACTS
DescriptionCollared Peccaries look like pigs. They are grayish black, with a yellow tinge on cheeks and a white or yellowish collar over the shoulders round to the throat. Males and females are very similar in size and color. Young are a yellowish brown with a black stripe on the back. Collared Peccaries have short very sharp tusks. Other Names Javelina Size Length: 0.8 to 1.0 m. Weight: 15 to 25 kg Environment forest, rainforest, desert Food roots, bulbs, beans, nuts, berries, grass, and agaves, cacti. Breeding One to three young are born after a gestation period of about 150 days. Young are weaned after 2 to 3 months. Range South America, Central America, and southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States Classification
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