Both sets of tusks fit together so snugly that every time a peccary opens and closes its jaws, its tusks are sharpened.
Scientific Name: Pecari tajacu angulatus
Age [Sex]: Adult [M]
Collection Date: Nov 1976
Locality: Between Barksdale and Leakey, near Edwards & Real County lines.
Higher Geography: North America, USA, Texas, Uvalde Co.
Collector Name [Number]: J. J. Foral
Notes: Complete skull, missing one each upper and lower incisor.
More 3D objects
Scientific Name: Gazella dorcas
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 30 Jan 1931
Locality: Malha
Scientific Name: Uncia uncia
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 11 Sep 1972
Locality: Unspecified
Higher Geography:
Scientific Name: Ursus americanus cinnamomum
Age [Sex]: Adult [F]
Collection Date: 2001
Locality: Unspecified
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