WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Sedgwick County Zoo (SCZ) is morning the loss of Buck, the zoo’s eldest male Chacoan Peccary (pronounced as cha-koe-in peck-uh-ree), who died Sunday. According to ...

Chacoan Peccary Yes. You've correctly named the Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri). The Chacoan peccary looks a lot like a big, hairy pig. And it grunts and snorts like a pig, too.

Chacoan peccary, Fennel. (Hattiesburg Zoo) “The addition of these unique animals continues our efforts at the Hattiesburg Zoo to showcase the diversity of the natural world,” said Rick Taylor ...

The Chacoan peccary is found in the dry forests of the Gran Chaco ecosystem located in Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, but the species is imperiled by habitat lost, disease, and over hunting.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The Potawatomi Zoo welcomed a pair of Chacoan peccary babies last week! The Chacoan peccary is a critically endangered species. Staff members at the zoo say Tapo and Salt ...

Relish, a female Chacoan peccary born in the spring of 2024, is still getting to know her new mate, Flash. According to her caregivers, she has a spicy personality.

The Chacoan peccary, a species similar to a pig, is endangered. The zoo’s new litter was born on two days: the first on Thursday, September 11 and a litter of three followed suit five days later ...

If you notice a small herd of South American pig-like creatures snorting about at the San Francisco Zoo, it’s because there are six new Chacoan peccary pups born there last month.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Zoo is celebrating the birth of three critically endangered Chacoan peccary babies. The triplets were born on June 3. They can now be seen on exhibit daily ...

The Chacoan peccary looks a lot like a big, hairy pig. And it grunts and snorts like a pig, too. Yet while the peccary shares a common ancestry with the pig, the two animals are very different ...