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Article: Pig or peccary? If it looks like a pig, it may not be one.(News, Tips, Facts, and Lore)
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- Sports Afield
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- December 1, 2003
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When is pig hunting really peccary hunting? Pigs belong to the family Suidae and peccaries to the family Tayassuidae. Comparison of pigs and peccaries provide a classic example of parallel evolution.
Although only distantly related, these two distinct groups have evolved similar habits and physical characteristics, including general appearance, size, snout, small ears, and cloven hooves. Plainly put, peccaries look like pigs, but they aren't the same. Peccaries have thirty-eight teeth ...
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