@tflorestx your right about the new world pig. I was wrong about that. I meant swine that most know and buy at their supermarket. At least here in AZ studies have been done on their scat finding that they only eat plants. I gues. That doesn't necessarily mean they aren't omnivores as some humans only eat veggies for some reason ;).
I should have said they have a gland on their back like a mink or muskrat...Peccaries are omnivores, and will eat small animals, although their preferred food consists of roots, grass, seeds, and fruit.
@gearhead719 Well, javelinas eat pretty much anything, even shit and dirty stuff so they are just like rodents. I would never eat anything in the pig or rodent family.
Arizona game and fish classifies these as a rodent. They look like a pig, squeal like a pig, yet they are not a pig.
incurableboy 4 days ago
Like I said in an earlier post...I should have said they have a gland like a rodent...ever clean a muskrat or mink?
ibwhodaman 2 months ago
First dead giveaway that the are not rodents is that they are hooved.
gearhead719 2 months ago
@tflorestx your right about the new world pig. I was wrong about that. I meant swine that most know and buy at their supermarket. At least here in AZ studies have been done on their scat finding that they only eat plants. I gues. That doesn't necessarily mean they aren't omnivores as some humans only eat veggies for some reason ;).
gearhead719 2 months ago
@gearhead719 Javelina = Peccary = New World Pig from the family Tayassuidae. They are omnivores.
tflorestx 2 months ago
It is not a rodent! Stop saying they're rodents please!
L.
thepilcomayo 3 months ago
I should have said they have a gland on their back like a mink or muskrat...Peccaries are omnivores, and will eat small animals, although their preferred food consists of roots, grass, seeds, and fruit.
ibwhodaman 11 months ago
What you are describing is a new world pig, not a javelina. Javelinas are herbivores.
gearhead719 11 months ago
@gearhead719 Well, javelinas eat pretty much anything, even shit and dirty stuff so they are just like rodents. I would never eat anything in the pig or rodent family.
NumberDne 11 months ago
Javelinas are not rodents.
gearhead719 1 year ago