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THE COLLARED PECCARY. 



Dycoteles torquatus* 

 PLATE XXVI. 



Sus Tajussu, JLinnaus. Peccari, Buffon. Dycoteles 

 Torquatus ; Taytetou Azara, Cuvier. 



THE Collared Peccary inhabits the eastern side 

 of South America, frequents the forests, living on 

 vegetables and roots, and occurs chiefly in small 

 families. To outward appearance, at a little dis- 

 tance, it is of a grayish tint ; but a narrower 

 inspection shews the hairs alternately ringed 

 with black and yellowish white. They are stiff 

 and strong in the dried skin, having the rigidity 

 of bristles ; along the neck and back, they are 

 very long, and form a kind of bristly mane, which, 

 with nearly the whole hair upon the body, is erected 

 and bristled up upon irritation. From behind the 

 shoulders to the fore part of the neck, the bristles 

 are whitish, forming a narrow oblique line of that 

 colour, whence the specific name is derived. 

 Upon the rump, the gland, though concealed, is 



