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collared peccary
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collared peccary
n.
A small wild hog (Tayassu tajacu) with a range from the southwest United States to northern Argentina, having a gray and black coat with a white band from the back to the chest. Also called javelina.
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Noun1.collared peccary - dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collarcollared peccary - dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States
javelina, Peccari angulatus, Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu
musk hog, peccary - nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
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Van Roosmalen, said his discovery of the peccary - a kind of wild pig he dubbed Pecari maximus - points out the need to protect the region as a habitat for wild species.
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Now classified by scientists as Pecari maximus, the animal was identified by Marc van Roosmalen, who is based at the National Institute for Amazon Research, in Manaus.
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This work received financial support from the National Health Institute of Peru and the INCO PECARI project (European Commission 5th Framework Programme).
Antibodies against Leptospira spp. in captive collared peccaries, Peru by Jori, Ferran / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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