peccaries

Meaning

of Peccary

Examples

However, there are exceptions to this as pigs, peccaries, hippos and duikers are known to have an omnivorous diet. Source: Internet

In the Americas, they are relatively species-poor, and are found only in South America, where only peccaries, llamas, vicunas, and capreolinae occur. Source: Internet

In European pigs, the tusk is long and curves around on itself, whereas in peccaries, the tusk is short and straight. Source: Internet

Shared modern nomenclature divides Cetartiodactyla in five subordinate taxa that are also monophyletic: camelids (Tylopoda), pigs and peccaries (Suina), ruminants (Ruminantia), hippos (Ancodonta), and whales (Cetacea). Source: Internet

Some studies proposed the late emergence of hippos is because they are relatives of peccaries and split recently, but this seems unlikely because of the molecular findings. Source: Internet

Such social behavior seems to have been the situation in extinct peccaries, as well. Source: Internet