#0228 · 🦊 mammals
Collared Peccary
🇳🇱 Halsbandpekari ·Pecari tajacu
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © mickeydylan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rich Kostecke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Nick Pederson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Enrique González · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Michael Orgill · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Gustavo Masuzzo · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Diego Kondratzky · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © zahinglez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Luciano Bernardes · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The collared peccary ( Pecari tajacu ) is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America. They are commonly referred to as javelina , saíno , or báquiro , although these terms are also used to describe other species in the family. The species is also known as the musk hog . In Trinidad, it is colloquially known as quenk .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 22,554 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Collared Peccary
- Nederlands
- Halsbandpekari
- scientific name
- Pecari tajacu
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Tayassuidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 22,554
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Tayassuidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42113, Wikidata Q741516, GBIF 2440995, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.