Peccary images - Joel Sartore

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Two white lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari albirostris) at the Berlin Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

A group of collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo.

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A group of collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo.

Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo's Wildlife Safari Park.

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Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo’s Wildlife Safari Park.

Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo's Wildlife Safari Park.

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Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo’s Wildlife Safari Park.

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Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) at the Omaha Zoo’s Wildlife Safari Park.

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Two peccary in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) at the Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari.

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Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) at the Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari.

Javelina at Aransas NWR, Texas. Species is also known as the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).

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Javelina at Aransas NWR, Texas. Species is also known as the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).

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An orphaned peccary hovers near a worker at camp. It survived only a few days.

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Javelina at Aransas NWR, Texas. Species is also known as the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).

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Javelina at Aransas NWR, Texas. Species is also known as the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).

A habituated javelina nicknamed "LeRoy" approaches a ranch hand for a handout near Laredo, Texas. Species is also known as the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).

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A habituated javelina nicknamed “LeRoy” approaches a ranch hand for a handout near Laredo, Texas. Species is also known as the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu).