Claudio Contreras / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Mark Bowler / White lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) on forest floor, Lago Preto Conservation Concession, Yavari River, Peru.

B&S Draker / Collared Peccary (Tayassu tajacu) adult in field of Huisache Daisy (Amblyolepis setigera). Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, March.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared peccary drinking {Tayassu tajacu} Texas, USA.

Pete Oxford / Anaconda {Eunectes murinus) after ingesting Peccary prey, night, Amazon, Ecuador, South America

David Welling / Collared peccary, Texas, USA.

John Cancalosi / Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), on Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) carcass, Texas, USA, August.

Daniel Heuclin / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) eating Cholla (Cylindropuntia sp) cactus. South east Arizona, USA.

Daniel Heuclin / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) eating Cholla (Cylindropuntia sp) cactus. South east Arizona, USA.

Daniel Heuclin / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) eating Cholla (Cylindropuntia sp) cactus. South east Arizona, USA.

Oscar Dewhurst / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) standing on the rainforest floor. Madre de Dios, Peru. March

Nick Garbutt / White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), three walking in a row. Pousada Aguape, southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), adult, South Texas, USA. May

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), adult drinking, South Texas, USA. May

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), adult drinking, South Texas, USA. May

Cyril Ruoso / Collared pecary (Pecari tajacu) Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru

Alex Hyde / Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica,

Claudio Contreras / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) nose to nose, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Roland Seitre / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) group, captive, occurs in the Americas.

Roland Seitre / Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) captive, occurs in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) captive, occurs in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.

Roland Seitre / White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) Tambopata, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.

Roland Seitre / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) group, captive, occurs in the Americas.

Roland Seitre / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) group, captive, occurs in the Americas.

Mark Bowler / White lipped pecary (Tayassu pecari) Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.

Mark Bowler / White lipped pecary (Tayassu pecari) Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.

Mark Bowler / White lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) babies running, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.

Pete Oxford / White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) at saltlick. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

Pete Oxford / White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) at saltlick. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

Pete Oxford / White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) at saltlick. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

Pete Oxford / White-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) at saltlick. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

Martha Holmes / Herd of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) crossing the Alto Madre de Dios river, Amazon basin. Peru.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian carrying home a White-lipped peccary that he hunted with his lance. The lances are made from a palm trunk. Bameno Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, May 2007.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indians butchering a peccary before boiling or smoking it. Bameno Community. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, May 2007.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian burning the hair off of a peccary before cutting it up to either boil or smoke it. Bameno Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, May 2007. Model release #5.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian cooking a peccary that he hunted. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007. Model release #GA07.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari / albirostris) standing on the forest floor. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Center-West of Brazil.

Patricio Robles Gil / White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu albirostris / pecari) adults and piglets drinking at river bank. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Patricio Robles Gil / White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu albirostris / pecari) resting in shade on river bank. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Patricio Robles Gil / White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu albirostris / pecari) resting in shade. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Patricio Robles Gil / White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu albirostris / pecari) resting in shade and digging in river bank. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Patricio Robles Gil / White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu albirostris / pecari) herd, adults and young. Parana, Southern Brazil.

Kevin Schafer / Skull of an adult Collared peccary / Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) Belize.