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Collared Peccary (Halsbandpekari)


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Collared Peccary (Javelina) - Dicotyles tajacu (Pecari tajacu) - Halsbandpekari
Southwest- and Southcentral-USA to the Guianas, Northwest-Peru and North-Argentina. Introduced to Cuba.

The following 14 subspecies are being recognized:
Dicotyles tajacu angulatus - USA (Southeast-New Mexico to Texas and Baja California);
Dicotyles tajacu sonoriensis - USA (Arizona, Southwest-New Mexico) to Central-Mexico;
Dicotyles tajacu humeralis - West-Mexico;
Dicotyles tajacu crassus - Central-Mexico;
Dicotyles tajacu nanus - Mexico, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo;
Dicotyles tajacu nelsoni - South-Mexico and North-Guatemala;
Dicotyles tajacu yucatanensis - Yucatan to Northeast-Guatemala;
Dicotyles tajacu nigrescens - Northwest-Honduras to North-Guatemala;
Dicotyles tajacu crusnigrum - Costa Rica and highlands of West-Panama;
Dicotyles tajacu bangsi - Panama;
Dicotyles tajacu torvus - Colombia;
Dicotyles tajacu niger - Ecuador;
Dicotyles tajacu patira - Venezuela to French Guiana;
Dicotyles tajacu tajacu - South-Brazil and Uruguay.

Of this species there are also Zoo photo's available.


Collared PeccaryDicotyles tajacu crusnigrum
Collared Peccary
Dicotyles tajacu crusnigrum