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<blockquote data-quote="cwgrizz" data-source="post: 639157" data-attributes="member: 27017">Sep. 13, 2017Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) also known as collared peccary, are&nbsp; medium-sized animals that look similar to a wild boar. They have mainly&nbsp; short coarse salt and pepper colored hair, short legs, and a pig-like&nbsp; nose. The hair around the neck/shoulder area is lighter in color giving&nbsp; it the look of a collar. Javelina have long, sharp canine teeth which&nbsp; protrude from the jaws about an inch.Quick Facts:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Javelina have a scent gland on the top of their rump&nbsp; covered by long hairs. They will rub their scent on rocks and tree&nbsp; stumps to mark their territory, as well as rubbing the scent on each&nbsp; other to help with identification. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Javelina are not pigs. They look similar, but pigs&nbsp; are from the &quot;Old World&quot; and peccary are &quot;New World&quot; animals. There are&nbsp; many other differences most having to do with differences in physical&nbsp; anatomy. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Adult females can give birth at anytime of the year. The young are often called &quot;reds&quot; due to the red color of their hair. </li>
</ul>I had just come out of a restaurant and saw four Javelina running through the parking lot.&nbsp; I grabbed the camera, even though not prepared to shoot these at night on a sidewalk next to a grocery store, I shot some photos anyway.&nbsp; Lots of PP to get anything that could be seen. Ha! No flash on this one and it was very dark.&nbsp; Had to really work to pull out enough to be&nbsp; seen.[ATTACH=full]267889[/ATTACH]The next shots, I popped up the built in flash.&nbsp; It helped, but still was lacking. Ha![ATTACH=full]267890[/ATTACH]The last one in this group is definitely a boar. Ha![ATTACH=full]267891[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwgrizz, post: 639157, member: 27017"] Sep. 13, 2017 [B]Javelina [I](Tayassu tajacu) [/I]also known as collared peccary, are medium-sized animals that look similar to a wild boar. They have mainly short coarse salt and pepper colored hair, short legs, and a pig-like nose. The hair around the neck/shoulder area is lighter in color giving it the look of a collar. Javelina have long, sharp canine teeth which protrude from the jaws about an inch. Quick Facts: [/B] [LIST] [*]Javelina have a scent gland on the top of their rump covered by long hairs. They will rub their scent on rocks and tree stumps to mark their territory, as well as rubbing the scent on each other to help with identification. [*]Javelina are not pigs. They look similar, but pigs are from the "Old World" and peccary are "New World" animals. There are many other differences most having to do with differences in physical anatomy. [*]Adult females can give birth at anytime of the year. The young are often called "reds" due to the red color of their hair. [/LIST] [B]I had just come out of a restaurant and saw four Javelina running through the parking lot. I grabbed the camera, even though not prepared to shoot these at night on a sidewalk next to a grocery store, I shot some photos anyway. Lots of PP to get anything that could be seen. Ha! [/B] [B] No flash on this one and it was very dark. Had to really work to pull out enough to be seen. [ATTACH align="left" type="full" width="30%"]267889._xfImport[/ATTACH] The next shots, I popped up the built in flash. It helped, but still was lacking. Ha! [ATTACH align="left" type="full" width="30%"]267890._xfImport[/ATTACH] The last one in this group is definitely a boar. Ha! [ATTACH align="left" type="full" width="30%"]267891._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/B] [/QUOTE]

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