Javelina

The Javelina (collared peccary) resembles a wild boar but is unrelated to the pigs. It has a heavily built body covered with coarse hair, a heavy snout, and a distinct collar of light-coloured hair around the neck. These animals are common in Prescott, Arizona, where they frequent the shrubby areas, canyons and Prescott National Forest. They roam around in loose groups of 8 to 12 (but up to 30) individuals, each group being led by an older sow. They are territorial.

We feed them fruits and vegetables and they readily run right up to us to get the food. The Javelina are our forest friends.

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