Editing Peccary (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''peccary'' is derived from the [[Carib language|Carib]] word {{lang|car|pakira}} or {{lang|car|paquira}}.<ref name="etymo">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=peccary |title= Peccary|dictionary= Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>

In [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], a peccary is called {{lang|pt|pecari}}, {{lang|pt|porco-do-mato}}, {{lang|pt|queixada}}, {{lang|pt|tajaçu}}, among other names like {{lang|pt|Cateto}} or {{lang|pt|Caititu}}. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], it is called {{lang|es|javelina}}, {{lang|es|jabalí}} (a word also used to describe [[wild boar]]), {{lang|es|sajino}}, or {{lang|es|pecarí}}. The word ''javelina'' derives from the Spanish word for "wild boar".<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/javelina "javelina"]</ref> In [[French Guiana]] and [[Suriname]], the animal is called ''pakira''.

The scientific name Tayassuidae derives from the same source as the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] {{lang|pt|tajaçu}}.<ref>A. B. H. Ferreira, Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, second edition (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986), page 1530</ref>