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Scientific name
Pecari tajacu
Order
Mammals
Family
Tayassuidae
Social Structure
קבוצה
The peccary lives within a social structure of groups of five to fifteen individuals, which includes a leading male, several mature females, and subordinate males.
Activity
פעיל יום
Food
Omnivor
the peccary’s diet consists mainly of vegetarian food, including tubers, roots, fruit, mushrooms, and nuts, but also some animal food, such as eggs, small animals, and carcasses.
Dangers
The peccary is not a pig! Despite its outer resemblance to the pig, peccaries belong to a separate family (Tayassuidae) and differ from pigs in the structure of their feet, in the number of toes, in their digestive system, in the presence of an olfactory gland, and in the number and type of teeth.
Photo: Shai Ben Ami
Zoo Conservation Program:
Feeding/Enrichment Time
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Habitat & Distribution Area
North and south America
Conservation status
lc
Deficient Data
DD
least Concern
lc
Near Threatened
nt
Vulnerable
vu
Endangered
en
Critically endangered
cr
Extinct in the Wild
ew
Extinct
ex
Endangered status
lc
Worldwide
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Israel
In the Bible
Weight
15
-
25
KG
Life Expectancy
24
years
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