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SpeciesArtiodactylaTayassuidae
Mammals

🐃Collared peccary

Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)

De halsbandpekari of pakira (Dicotyles tajacu) is de kleinste pekarisoort. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd als Sus tajacu in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus.

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Measurements
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≈ a third of your weight
Also called
South American Collared Peccary
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2011.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
21 kg
Body length
0.91 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
31 years
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Everything we know about the Collared peccary

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
21 kg
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  • 20 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
0.91 m
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Brain mass
100 g
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Maximum lifespan
31 years
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  • 32 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
7.36 years
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Age at maturity
316 days
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Gestation
143 days
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  • 145 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
about 2
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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
1.37 km²
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Population density
5.65 per km²
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Volume l
21 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Collared peccary yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants60%
reptiles, fish and amphibians20%
insects and other invertebrates10%
fruit10%
In other languages
Pecari tajacu (es), Halsbandpekari (de), Pécari à collier (fr), caititu (pt), Pekariowiec obrożny (pl), פקארי מגוון (he) … and 20 more languages
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