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Collared Peccary or Javelina (Dicotyles tajacu)
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Collared Peccary or Javelina (Dicotyles tajacu)

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Socorro, New Mexico

I had no idea what a Collared Peccary or Javelina was until I saw them among the corn fields at Bosque del Apache. Though 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.

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From Bosque del Apache

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  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
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  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  • Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
  • Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)
  • Collared Peccary or Javelina (Dicotyles tajacu)
  • Tule Elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes)
  • Chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus)
  • Chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus)
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