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You won’t see deer, tapir, peccaries, monkeys or chicken-like curassows anywhere within trekking distance of habitation; they’ve all been eaten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Prehistoric elephants, saber-toothed cats, jaguars, llamas, peccaries, deer, skunks and bears streamed from North America to South.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Also known as collared peccaries, 30 to 50 hellcatting javelina squadrons have been razing the course turf annually during their fall rush.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023

He says he drank rainwater collected in his shoes and ate worms and other insects while hiding from jaguars and peccaries, a type of pig-like mammal.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2023

Why Eurasia’s pigs, but not American peccaries or Africa’s three species of true wild pigs?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond