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Bookmark or Share- Javelina - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park ...Javelina are well known for their tough palates and ability to eat tough, spiny, cacti and yucca. Chiefly herbivores, javelinas feed on a variety of desert plants, cactus stems, pads and fruits, agave hearts, roots, and flowers. An occasional insect or bird egg may be added to the menu.
- Javelina, what are they, and where can you see one?Javelina, also known as the collared peccary because of the white collar around their neck, stand anywhere from 20-24 inches tall at the shoulder and weigh anywhere from 35-60 pounds. Although javelina have very poor eyesight, that doesn’t mean it will be easy to walk up on one to get a picture.
- Living with Javelina - Arizona Game & Fish Department - AZGFDThough some people think javelina are a type of wild pig, they are actually members of the peccary family, a group of hoofed mammals originating from South America. Javelina are common in much of central and southern Arizona, including the outskirts of the Phoenix area, most of Tucson, and occasionally as far north as Flagstaff.
- Peccary - WikipediaA peccary (also javelina or skunk pig) is a pig -like ungulate of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). They are found throughout Central and South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and in the southwestern area of North America.
- Javelina - National GeographicWhat are javelinas? A javelina is a collared peccary, Tayassy tajacu, native to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and South America. Grayish black, with wiry hair; large, wedged heads; and...
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