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Collared peccary

Index Collared peccary

The collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed) mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America. [1]

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  1. 77 relations: Agave, Amazon rainforest, American Society of Mammalogists, Americas, Argentina, Artiodactyl, Bobcat, Bolivia, Bootstrapping (statistics), Brazil, Bulb, Cactus, Caribbean, Carl Linnaeus, Central America, Clade, Colombia, Cougar, Coyote, Cytogenetics, Data deficient, Dentition, Desert, Diurnality, Florida, Fungus, Georges Cuvier, Infraspecific name, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Jaguar, Local extinction, Long-nosed peccary, Madeira River, Mammal, Marc van Roosmalen, Mesquite, Mexican wolf, Mitochondrial DNA, Monophyly, Morphology (biology), National Wildlife Federation, Natural history, North America, Nuclear DNA, Opuntia, Ornamental plant, Overexploitation, Palm nut, Paraphyly, Peccary, ... Expand index (27 more) »

  2. Fauna of the Pantanal
  3. Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental
  4. Mammals of Brazil
  5. Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago
  6. Peccaries
  7. Ungulates of Central America

Agave

Agave is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas.

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Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

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American Society of Mammalogists

The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was founded in 1919.

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Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Artiodactyl

Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. Collared peccary and bobcat are mammals of Mexico and mammals of the United States.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Bootstrapping (statistics)

Bootstrapping is any test or metric that uses random sampling with replacement (e.g. mimicking the sampling process), and falls under the broader class of resampling methods.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Bulb

In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases that function as food storage organs during dormancy.

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Cactus

A cactus (cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Cougar

The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas. Collared peccary and cougar are Fauna of the Amazon.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America. Collared peccary and coyote are mammals of Mexico and mammals of the United States.

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Cytogenetics

Cytogenetics is essentially a branch of genetics, but is also a part of cell biology/cytology (a subdivision of human anatomy), that is concerned with how the chromosomes relate to cell behaviour, particularly to their behaviour during mitosis and meiosis.

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Data deficient

A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made.

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Dentition

Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.

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Desert

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems.

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Fungus

A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Georges Cuvier

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".

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Infraspecific name

In botany, an infraspecific name is the scientific name for any taxon below the rank of species, i.e. an infraspecific taxon or infraspecies.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Jaguar

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. Collared peccary and jaguar are Fauna of the Amazon, Fauna of the Pantanal, Fauna of the Southwestern United States and mammals described in 1758.

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Local extinction

Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.

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Long-nosed peccary

The long-nosed peccary (Mylohyus nasutus) is an extinct mammal species of the peccary family (Tayassuidae). Collared peccary and long-nosed peccary are Peccaries.

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Madeira River

The Madeira River (Rio Madeira) is a major waterway in South America.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Marc van Roosmalen

Marc van Roosmalen (born 23 June 1947) is a Dutch-Brazilian primatologist.

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Mesquite

Mesquite is a common name for several plants in the genus Prosopis, which contains over 40 species of small leguminous trees.

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Mexican wolf

The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as the lobo mexicano (or, simply, lobo) is a subspecies of gray wolf (C. lupus) native to eastern and southeastern Arizona and western and southern New Mexico (in the United States) and fragmented areas of northern Mexico. Collared peccary and mexican wolf are Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Fauna of the Sonoran Desert, Fauna of the Southwestern United States, mammals of Mexico and mammals of the United States.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Monophyly

In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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National Wildlife Federation

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 state and territorial affiliated organizations (including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Nuclear DNA

Nuclear DNA (nDNA), or nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid, is the DNA contained within each cell nucleus of a eukaryotic organism.

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Opuntia

Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers.

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Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.

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Overexploitation

Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.

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Palm nut

Palm nut can refer to.

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Paraphyly

Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.

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Peccary

Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig-like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). Collared peccary and Peccary are Peccaries and ungulates of Central America.

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Phoenix metropolitan area

The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern United States, with its largest principal city being the city of Phoenix.

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Platygonus compressus

Platygonus compressus, the flat-headed peccary, is an extinct mammal species from the Tayassuidae family that lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene. Collared peccary and Platygonus compressus are Peccaries.

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Quaternary International

Quaternary International is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on quaternary science published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Union for Quaternary Research.

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Sample size determination

Sample size determination or estimation is the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample.

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Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Shipibo-Conibo

The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people along the Ucayali River in the Amazon rainforest in Peru.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Suburb

A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.

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Suidae

Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine.

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Sympatry

In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Tapajós

The Tapajós (Rio Tapajós) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. It is one of the largest clearwater rivers, accounting for about 6% of the water in the Amazon basin.

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Texas A&M University Press

Texas A&M University Press (also known informally as TAMU Press) is a scholarly publishing house associated with Texas A&M University.

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Tobago

Tobago is an island and ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.

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Tuber

Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots.

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson (Cuk á¹¢on; Tucsón) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona.

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Tulip

Tulips are spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes in the Tulipa genus.

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Tupi language

Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.

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Urban wildlife

Urban wildlife is wildlife that can live or thrive in urban/suburban environments or around densely populated human settlements such as towns.

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Uruguay

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America.

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Zagreb Zoo

Zagreb Zoo (Zoološki vrt Grada Zagreba) is a zoo located within Maksimir Park in Zagreb, Croatia and is across the street from Zagreb's Maksimir Stadium.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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See also

Fauna of the Pantanal

Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental

Mammals of Brazil

Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago

Peccaries

Ungulates of Central America

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collared_peccary

Also known as Caitetu Munde, Collared peccaries, Dicotyles, Dicotyles tajacu, Giant Forest Peccary, Giant Peccary, Musk Hog, Pecari, Pecari maximus, Pecari tajacu, Sajino, Tayassu tajacu, White-collared peccary.

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