Editing Peccary (section)

===Extant species===
{{see also|List of suines}}
Three (possibly four) living [[species]] of peccaries are found from the [[Southwestern United States]] through [[Central America]] and into [[South America]] and [[Trinidad]], each in their own genus.
*''[[Tayassu]]''
**[[White-lipped peccary]] (''T. pecari'')
*''[[Catagonus]]''
**[[Chacoan peccary]] (''C. wagneri'')
*''[[Collared peccary|Dicotyles]]''
**[[Collared peccary]] (''D. tajacu'')

The [[collared peccary]] (''Dicotyles tajacu'') or "musk hog", referring to the animal's scent glands, occurs from the [[Southwestern United States]] into [[South America]] and the island of Trinidad. The coat consists of wiry peppered black, gray, and brown hair with a lighter colored "collar" circling the shoulders. They bear young year-round, but most often between November and March, with the average litter size consisting of two to three offspring. They are found in many habitats, from arid [[scrubland]]s to humid tropical [[rain forest]]s. The collared peccary is well-adapted to habitat disturbed by humans, merely requiring sufficient cover. They can be [[Urban wildlife|found in cities]] and agricultural land throughout their range.

Notable populations exist in the [[suburbs]] of [[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix]] and [[Tucson, Arizona]], where they feed on [[ornamental plant]]s and other [[Agriculture|cultivated vegetation]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nationalwildlife.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm?articleID=308&issueID=19 |title=Winners and Losers |first=Peter |last=Friederici |journal=National Wildlife Magazine |date=August–September 1998 |volume=36 |issue=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3-kkgAxxnoC |title=Javelinas and Other Peccaries: Their Biology, Management, and Use |first=Lyle K. |last=Sowls |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]] |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-89096-717-1 |pages=67–68}}</ref> There are also urban populations as far north as [[Sedona, Arizona]], where they have been known to fill a niche similar to [[raccoon]]s and other urban scavengers.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 January 2008|work=The Daily Courier |url=https://www.dcourier.com/news/2008/jan/25/unwelcome-visitors-javelinas-and-humans-do-not-mi/|title=Unwelcome visitors: Javelinas and humans do not mix well|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> In Arizona they are often called by their Spanish name "javelinas". Collared peccaries are generally found in bands of 8 to 15 animals of various ages. They defend themselves if they feel threatened, but otherwise tend to ignore humans.

A second species, the [[white-lipped peccary]] (''Tayassu pecari''), is mainly found in rainforests of Central and South America, but also known from a wide range of other [[habitat]]s such as dry forests, grasslands, [[mangrove]], [[cerrado]], and dry [[xerophytic]] areas.<ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |author=Keuroghlian, A. |author2=Desbiez, A. |author3=Reyna-Hurtado, R. |author4=Altrichter, M. |author5=Beck, H. |author6=Taber, A. |author7=Fragoso, J.M.V. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Tayassu pecari'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T41778A44051115 |date=2013 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T41778A44051115.en}}</ref> The two main threats to their survival are deforestation and hunting.

The third species, the [[Chacoan peccary]] (''Catagonus wagneri''). It is found in the dry [[shrub]] habitat or [[Gran Chaco|Chaco]] of [[Paraguay]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Argentina]]. The Chacoan peccary has the distinction of having been first described based on fossils and was originally thought to be an extinct species. In 1975, the animal was discovered in the [[Gran Chaco|Chaco region of Paraguay]]. The species was well known to the native people.

A fourth as yet unconfirmed species, the [[giant peccary]] (''Dicotyles maximus''), was<!-- 2007 if you read the cite {{when|date=March 2013}}--> described from the [[Brazilian Amazon]] and north Bolivia<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moravec |first1=J. |last2=Böhme |first2=W. |year=2009 |title=Second Find of the Recently Discovered Amazonian Giant Peccary, ''Pecari maximus'' (Mammalia: Tayassuidae) van Roosmalen et al., 2007: First Record from Bolivia |journal=[[Bonn Zoological Bulletin|Bonner zoologische Beiträge]] |volume=56 |issue=1–2 |pages=49–54 |url=https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_56_1_2/049_054_BzB56_1_2_Moraves_Jiri_and_B%C3%B6hme_Wolfgang.pdf |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030515/http://alt.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_56_1_07_Moravec.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> by Dutch biologist [[Marc van Roosmalen]]. Though relatively recently discovered, it has been known to the local [[Tupi people]] as ''caitetu munde'', which means "great peccary which lives in pairs".<ref>{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Robin |date=2007-11-02 |title=Big Pig-Like Beast Discovered |url=http://www.livescience.com/1997-big-pig-beast-discovered.html |work=livescience.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Giant wild pig found in Brazil |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2007-11-05 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/05/conservation.sciencenews |access-date=2012-12-18}}</ref> Thought to be the largest extant peccary, it can grow to {{cvt|1.2|m|ft|0}} in length. Its [[pelage]] is completely dark gray, with no collars whatsoever. Unlike other peccaries, it lives in pairs, or with one or two offspring. However, the scientific evidence for considering it as a species separate from the collared peccary has later been questioned,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gongora |first1=J. |last2=Taber |first2=A. |last3=Keuroghlian |first3=A. |last4=Altrichter |first4=M. |last5=Bodmer |first5=R.E. |last6=Mayor |first6=P. |last7=Moran |first7=C. |last8=Damayanti |first8=C.S. |last9=González |first9=S. |year=2007 |title=Re-examining the evidence for a 'new' peccary species, 'Pecari maximus', from the Brazilian Amazon |url=https://www.iucn-wpsg.org/_files/ugd/119740_0dc9019f69984c5cbac8e256cd3b1968.pdf#page=19 |journal=Newsletter of the Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Specialist Group of the IUCN/SSC |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=19–26}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gongora |first1=J. |last2=Biondo |first2=C. |last3=Cooper |first3=J.D. |last4=Taber |first4=A. |last5=Keuroghlian |first5=A. |last6=Altrichter |first6=M. |last7=Ferreira do Nascimento |first7=F. |last8=Chong |first8=A.Y. |last9=Miyaki |first9=C.Y. |last10=Bodmer |first10=R. |last11=Mayor |first11=P. |last12=González |first12=S. |year=2011 |title=Revisiting the species status of Pecari maximus van Roosmalen et al., 2007 (Mammalia) from the Brazilian Amazon |journal=[[Bonn Zoological Bulletin|Bonner zoologische Beiträge]] |volume=60 |issue=1 |url=https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_60_1/095_101_BzB60_1_Gongora_%20Jaime_et_al.pdf |pages=95–101}}</ref> leading the [[IUCN]] to treat it as a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]].<ref>{{Cite iucn |author=Gongora, J. |author2=Reyna-Hurtado, R. |author3=Beck, H. |author4=Taber, A. |author5=Altrichter, M. |author6=Keuroghlian, A. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Pecari tajacu'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T41777A10562361 |date=2011 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T41777A10562361.en}}</ref>

During the [[Late Pleistocene]], two extinct peccaries, ''[[Mylohyus]]'' and ''[[Platygonus]]'', were widespread across North America (and in the case of ''Platygonus'', South America), but became extinct at the end of the [[Pleistocene]] around 12,000 years ago following the arrival of humans.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Kurt M. |last2=Hill |first2=Matthew G. |date=November 2020 |title=Synthesis and assessment of the flat-headed peccary record in North America |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=248 |pages=106601 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106601 |bibcode=2020QSRv..24806601W |s2cid=224865922}}</ref>
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File:Collared Peccary444.jpg|[[Collared peccary]]
File:Tayassu pecari.jpg|[[White-lipped peccary]]
File:Catagonus wagneri closeup.jpg|[[Chacoan peccary]]
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