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24 - Collared Peccary Pecari spp. (Linnaeus, 1758)

from Part II - Species Accounts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

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Rafael Reyna-Hurtado ,
Alexine Keuroghlian ,
Mariana Altrichter ,
Harald Beck  and
Jaime Gongora
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Mario Melletti  and
Erik Meijaard
Mario Melletti
Affiliation:
AfBIG (African Buffalo Initiative Group), IUCN SSC ASG
Erik Meijaard
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries , pp. 255 - 264
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