PeccaryFamily: Tayassuidae
Collared Peccary(Pecari tajacu) Also called:
Mexican HogBehavior:• Live up to groups of one to 20 individuals• Diurnal- might be nocturnal(Active at night) or
active primarily during twilight or dusk or dawn)• Sleep at night in burrows often under the roots
of trees• If feel threated, they defend themselves with
there long tusks which they sharpen themselves.
Range:• North, South and South America• Live in Deserts, Scrublands, tropical,
Subtropical, grasslands• Notable population are known in suburbs of
Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
.
Physical:• 20-24 inches tall at the shoulder and about 1-
1.5 inches long(40-60 inches)• Weight- 14-31 kg / 31-68 lb.• They have a brown, black coat that is bristly
Food:• Fruit• Roots• Tuber(potatoes, onions)• Palm nuts• Grasses• Small vertebrates• Tulip bulbs• Eggs• Carrion
Reproduction:• Gestation Period: 141-151 days.• Young per Birth: 1-5 • Weaning: At 2-3 months.• Sexual Maturity: females at 8-14 months, males at 11
months. • Life span: 24 years
White-Lipped Peccary(Tayassu pecari)Behavior:• Can give birth to two peccaries at a time• Live in herds up to 20-300 individuals• Predators- Jaguar, Puma, Boa Constrictors• It performs all its actions at night • When feel threated they will let off a loud “bark”
and show there teeth to avoid conflict
Range:• Central and South America
• Dry Savannas, Humid Tropical Rain Forest
Physical:• White marking below snout to the cheek
• Brown and Black- Bristly Hairs running down the spine growing longer than the sides and forming an crest which is raised when the peccary becomes excited.
• When standing up they get excited• Adult weight: 25-40 kg• Head- Dark Brown which makes the white marking around the jaw
stand out
Food:• Fruit Nuts• Vegetation• Small Amounts of animal matters
Reproduction:• Gestation period: 156-162 days• Litter size: 2, sometimes 1 or 3. • Weaning: By 6 months. • Sexual maturity: Between 1 and 2 years of age. • Life span: Up to 13 years. • Babies weight over 1kg when born• Babies- Reddish Brown, with a dark stripe running down there backs• Just before birth, the female leaves the group giving birth alone in a cave.
After one day she then rejoins the group.
Range:• Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia and
Northern Argentina
Behavior:• Travel in herds up to 20 • Communicate ranging from using there
grunts to chattering the teeth• Love to charge things and bit things• Produce a milk, that is used for marking
trees, shrubs, and similar objects• Bath in the mud or dust
Chacoan peccary(Catagonus wagneri)
Physical:
Food:
• Well know for its rough leathery snout• The bristle-like fur is generally brown to almost gray• A dark stripe runs across the back, and white fur is on the shoulders.• Longer ears, snout, tail• Three Hind Toe• Sprays secretions from their dorsal glands• Young are generally born between the months of September and December, but
litters have been found almost year-round• Weight- 30-43 kg / 66-95 lb.
• Cacti• Flowers• Seeds• Fruit Nuts• Anything they can get
there mouth on
Reproduction:• Gestation Period: 5 months.• Young per Birth: 1-4 • Sexual Maturity: Minimum breeding age is thought to be 3 years.• Most births occur between September and November.