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It is also known as the Javelina, Tayaussa or the Musk Hog.
A Perfectly Good Peccary. The Curious Holts 2009
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It is also known as the Javelina, Tayaussa or the Musk Hog.
Archive 2009-06-01 The Curious Holts 2009
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Do not be deceived, incidentally, by the popular etymology given at pages like this: "They are called Javelina because of their razor-sharp tusks, Spanish for javelin or spear."
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Don't confuse feral swine with the Javelina which is native to the American Southwest.
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Don't confuse feral swine with the Javelina which is native to the American Southwest.
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I immediately pegged him as a Peccary, aka, a Javelina, but perhaps he is a common swine?
Archive 2009-06-01 The Curious Holts 2009
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They are called Javelina because of their razor-sharp tusks, Spanish for javelin or spear.
Archive 2009-06-01 The Curious Holts 2009
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They are called Javelina because of their razor-sharp tusks, Spanish for javelin or spear.
A Perfectly Good Peccary. The Curious Holts 2009
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My parents had a Springer Spaniel named Maggie who survived a Javelina (wild boar) attack in Prescott, AZ.
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Andrew Geiger /Getty Images I have no idea if Ms. Pellegrini's recipe for Javelina Chili is a good one—damnable shortage of that cousin of the wild pig in my part of New York—but I love that it begins from the idea that, "when butchering an animal, there are always meat scraps that don't quite make it into any particular cut."
The Blood In the Meadow Max Watman 2011
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