Stats

Lifespan

10-20 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Crepuscular

Social

Herd

Biome

Tropical dry forest

Range

Central America

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Herd Safety

Status

Common

About

A pig-like mammal of the Americas that travels in tight-knit herds and marks its territory using a large musk gland on its lower back, giving it the nickname "musk hog."

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn piglet

   A newborn piglet nurses in a row beside its littermates, often born with light stripes.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned juvenile roots in the dirt for food, loses its stripes, and shadows the adults.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown and rooting independently.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Tayassuidae

Genus

Pecari

Species

Pecari tajacu