Collared Peccaries (Pecari tajacu)
As we were photographing birds at Bosque del Apache, a family of six Collared peccaries (also called javelina and musk hogs) emerged from the brush. We thought they were wild pigs, but learned they were peccaries, which are omniverous, but prefer roots, seeds, fruit, insects and other invertibrates. Cacti are important in their diet and they have three stomach compartments to digest cellulose. Individual peccaries are known to confront predators so other members of their group can escape. Source: "The Encyclopedia of Mammals."
Collared Peccaries (Pecari tajacu)
As we were photographing birds at Bosque del Apache, a family of six Collared peccaries (also called javelina and musk hogs) emerged from the brush. We thought they were wild pigs, but learned they were peccaries, which are omniverous, but prefer roots, seeds, fruit, insects and other invertibrates. Cacti are important in their diet and they have three stomach compartments to digest cellulose. Individual peccaries are known to confront predators so other members of their group can escape. Source: "The Encyclopedia of Mammals."