Javelinas and other peccaries : their biology, management, and use / Lyle K. Sowls.
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TextSeries: W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 21.Publication details: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1997.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xxiv, 325 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type: - text
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- Peccaries
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- QL737.U59 S68 1997eb
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Originally published as The peccaries. Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1984.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-317) and index.
Best known in the United States is the javelina, or collared peccary, but the firsthand observations and extensive information provided in this well-illustrated volume cover all of the species.
Part I. The three living species -- An introduction to peccaries -- External morphology; size and general description -- Anatomy -- Physiology and genetics -- Part II. The collared peccary or javelina -- Distribution, habitats, and adaptability -- Diet and nutrition -- Reproduction -- Causes of natural mortality -- Population dynamics -- General behavior -- Social behavior: the herd -- Communication by scent and sound -- Part III. White-lipped and chacoan peccaries -- The white-lipped peccary -- The chacoan peccary -- Part IV. Peccaries and people -- Peccaries and Native Americans -- The collared peccary in the southwestern United States -- Peccaries in a changing environment -- Conservation and management -- Epilogue -- Appendix managing agencies in the United States.
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