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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 Nature photo's available.


Collared PeccaryDicotyles tajacu ssp.
Collared Peccary
Dicotyles tajacu ssp.
Collared PeccaryDicotyles tajacu ssp.
Collared Peccary
Dicotyles tajacu ssp.
Collared PeccaryDicotyles tajacu ssp.
Collared Peccary
Dicotyles tajacu ssp.