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Collared peccary (ssp angulatus) / CAS:MAM:26903
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.
About the Collection
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