Order ARTIODACTYLA. Even-toed Hoofed 



Mammals 



Mammals of large size; feet digitigrade; third and fourth 

 digits largest; digits with hoofs; molars with broad crowns 

 and ridged grinding surface; clavicle absent; herbivorous in 

 diet; terrestrial in habit. 



Family Tayassuidse. Peccaries 



Small, pig-like ungulates with peculiar dentition; incisors 

 rooted; upper canines pointing downward and with posterior 

 edges developed into keen cutting edges; snout pig-like; fore- 

 feet with four toes, hind feet with three toes; stomach com- 

 plex; caecum present. 



Genus Pecari 



Dentition: Incisors, ~ ; Canines, { ; Premolars, |; Molars, | =38. 



Peccary. — Pecari angulatus 



and subspecies 



Names. — Peccary; Collared Peccary; Wild Pig; Javeline; 

 : uik-hog. Plate XLI. 



Gsneral Description. — A small, pig-like ungulate. Head 

 pig-like, muzzle long, ears fairly large; neck thick; body com- 

 pact; limbs fairly short; pelage long and coarse; small, sharp 

 tusks present but not projecting noticeably beyond lips; a 

 well-developed, odorous gland on top of rump; tail very short; 

 mane of long hairs, erectile, from crown to rump. 



Color. — Sexes colored alike; no pronounced seasonal varia- 

 tion. 



Everywhere grizzled black and grayish, with yellowish wash 

 on cheeks and a more or less conspicuous grayish collar run- 

 ning from throat up to shoulder ; feet blackish. 



Young yellowish brown grizzled with black, with black 

 stripe down back; underparts yellowish gray. 



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