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Peccary

Peccary — Photo: Carlos Delgado — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig-like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs).

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Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig-like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs).

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