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Q.Becca Badgett Incorrectly Labeled Javalinas As Wild Pigs.

Zone 88011 | gmdesmarais added on October 28, 2024 | Answered

They are peccaries and split from pigs over 35 million years ago.

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BushDoctor
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Answered on October 28, 2024

Can you provide the link so that I can let editors know? All that I could find was this statement, which compares them to wild pigs but states that they are not.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/what-is-a-javelina.htm

"What is a javelina? Wild pigs are common in many areas of the world and although the javelina resembles a pig, it is a peccary. Peccaries are in the same genus as our domesticated and wild pigs but on a slightly different branch of the group."

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