THE LIFE OF MAMAALS 
tail; and the young (two) are not striped. There are two 
kinds, —the commoner collared peccary, which is distributed 
from Arkansas (but is now rare north of the Rio Grande Val- 
ley) through tropical America to northern Patagonia, and has 
such local names as “tajacu” and “‘zahino”; and the more 
restricted white-lipped peccary, or ‘‘warree,”’ not seen north 
COLLARED PECCARIES. 
of Honduras. The former is about thirty-six inches in length 
and has a faint, collarlike streak on the withers; the latter is 
larger (forty inches), is darker, and has the lips and chin white. 
They are so nearly allied that they will interbreed. The col- 
lared peccary goes about in small bands, which make their 
home in wet thickets, and sally out at night in search of food, 
which in Texas and Mexico seems to be mainly pecans and 
similar nuts, with roots, mushrooms, and other vegetables, 
plus such flesh and carrion as are obtainable. Near settle- 
ments they are likely to enter and greatly damage gardens and 
crops. When pursued they run in open ground with great 
flectness; and in cover will squat and dodge like a jack-rabbit. 
Though peaceable enough under ordinary circumstances, 
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