An adult javelina/peccary, a wild pig, cuddles up to two juveniles napping in the sunshine at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. She has been grooming the immature in the middle of the threesome and now rubbing against the its rump while they nap. A pile of pigs!

Even javelina cozy up to one another. Mom grooming and cuddling 2 youngers. #mammals #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Javelina #NewMexico #ColoradoPhotographers #Peccaries

Rewilding Honduras: Reintroducing Peccaries and Sheltering Baby Iguanas to Help Save Jaguars  | Panthera Panthera is devoted to preserving the 40 species of wild cats and their critical role in the world's ecosystems — securing their future and ours.

Panthera and partners are working to reintroduce collared #peccaries and protect young green #iguanas in Jeanette Kawas National Park to preserve #jaguars’ main prey species.

🎨 Costa Rica A–Z
🐽 Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu)
📏 51–61 cm at the shouler
📍 Arenal, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
📅 Feb 2025

P is for Peccary!

#mammals #peccaries #peccariesarenotpigs

Chacoan peccaries in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay  - PTES Thought to be extinct until the 1970s, a small population of Chacoan peccaries remarkably remains and our team is doing all they can to preserve their future.

Chacoan #peccaries were thought to be #extinct until they were rediscovered in the 70s. 🐽 We're so pleased that with your support, we're now funding Andres Camps to tackle poaching of Chacoan peccaries in #Paraguay 👇
ptes.org/grants/worldwide-projects/chacoan-peccaries-in-the-gran-chaco-of-paraguay

Carl, I swear that something is watching us. Just destroy the rose bush and let’s go!

#NewMexico #peccaries

🌟📢 New Article Published! 🌟
🌿 #Jaguars & #peccaries in the #Pantanal 🐾: This study explores predator-prey dynamics, showing how landscape and prey density shape interactions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@biotropica.bsky.social @agenciafapesp.bsky.social
#Conservation #Ecology

Good Morning! Javelina came by for another visit last night! 🥰

#ArizonaLife #Wildlife #Javelina #Peccaries #Arizona #NatureVideo #NightVision #HappySaturday