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The collared peccary __Dicotyles tajacu__ does not belong to pigs in any way! I repeat: not a pig! A

The collared peccary __Dicotyles tajacu__ does not belong to pigs in any way! I repeat: not a pig! Although it's hard to believe... In fairness, we must admit that both pigs and bakers belong to the same order: cetaceans (what?!). The word "bakers" is borrowed from the language of the Brazilian Tupi Indians. It translates into Russian as "a beast that makes many roads in the forest." These animals are very small in size: shoulder height is only 30-50 cm, body length is 80-100 cm and weight is 15-25 kg.  They are distributed in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona in the USA, in Mexico and Central America, as well as most of South America. Collared bakers are herbivorous animals with a complex structure of the stomach, which is necessary for the digestion of coarse food. In the southern part of their range, bakers eat a variety of foods, including roots, bulbs, nuts, mushrooms, and sometimes they can eat eggs, carrion, small snakes and frogs.

The collared peccary __Dicotyles tajacu__ does not belong to pigs in any way! I repeat: not a pig! Although it's hard to believe... In fairness, we must admit that both pigs and bakers belong to the same order: cetaceans (what?!). The word "bakers" is borrowed from the language of the Brazilian Tupi Indians. It translates into Russian as "a beast that makes many roads in the forest." These animals are very small in size: shoulder height is only 30-50 cm, body length is 80-100 cm and weight is 15-25 kg.  They are distributed in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona in the USA, in Mexico and Central America, as well as most of South America. Collared bakers are herbivorous animals with a complex structure of the stomach, which is necessary for the digestion of coarse food. In the southern part of their range, bakers eat a variety of foods, including roots, bulbs, nuts, mushrooms, and sometimes they can eat eggs, carrion, small snakes and frogs.