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Scientific Name: Pecari tajacu sonoriensis
Age [Sex]: Subadult [F]
Collection Date: 14 Feb 2004
Locality: 10 mi. east of Benson, in Texas Canyon.
Higher Geography: North America, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co.
Collector Name [Number]: D. Peterson
Notes: Complete skull plus skin (cape)
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Scientific Name: Sus scrofa moupinensis, originally classified Sus scrofa chirotentis. (Possibly a misspelling or extension of S. s. chirodontus or chirodonticus?)
Both sets of tusks fit together so snugly that every time a peccary opens and closes its jaws, its tusks are sharpened.
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris altaica, originally classified Panthera tigris longipilis
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 13 Jun 1989
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