Peccary
the popular name for two species of small suilline mammals from the New World, so nearly allied that they breed freely in captivity, but never produce more than two at a birth. The collared peccary (Dicotyles torquatus) PECCARY ranges from Arkansas S. to the Rio Negro, and seldom attacks other animals.
The white-lipped peccary (D. labiatus) is rarely met with N. of British Honduras or S. of Paraguay. It associates in large droves, is very pugnacious, and does not hesitate to attack man. Both are omnivorous, and possess a gland in the middle of the back, secreting a musky substance, which taints the meat if not speedily removed after death.