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THE COLLARED PECCARY. 
Dycoteles torquatus. 
PLATE XXVI. 
Sus Tajussu, Linnmis — 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 
