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Default Chacoan peccary is IUCN Species of the Day!

Edge mammal number 67 the Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is today’s IUCN Species of the day! The Chacoan peccary is a large pig-like mammal with a long, flexible snout and grey-brown bristly fur. Its family, Tayassuidae, diverged from its pig ancestors 35 millions years ago and there are just three living genera including the Chacoan [...]

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