How to Use peccary in a Sentence

peccary

noun
  • At others, peccaries, which are somewhat like wild pigs, have been taken.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017
  • So does the white-lipped peccary, a shy pig that tends to disappear quickly when there’s hunting pressure.
    — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Such big urban centers require lots of food, and the Mayans hunted deer, peccaries, and tapirs.
    — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Also, almost every species of peccaries and wild pigs are endangered or have some kind of risk—the wild boar is the only one doing well.
    — National Geographic, 22 June 2018
  • Meanwhile, poaching of jaguar prey species, such as the brocket deer, peccary and iguana, is thought to impact the big cat’s food supply.
    — Tom Page, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The hogs are considered an invasive species, much larger than their south Texas cousin the peccary, or javelina.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The virus infects pigs, warthogs, European wild boar, American wild pigs, bush pigs, giant forest hogs and peccaries.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • But once average daily highs topped 94 degrees F, peccaries were most active after sunset.
    — Ethan Freedman, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The goal is to ultimately improve conservation by learning where and how certain key species—like jaguars, peccaries, spider monkeys, and more—live in the forest.
    — National Geographic, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Giant plants that reduced us to the size of Lilliputians lined the path as our hike led us to a clearing where agoutis, flying wild turkeys and peccaries dazzled us with their acrobatics.
    — Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2020
  • In the meantime, many lower- and middle-class households in Ceibal probably survived in part by hunting animals, like peccaries and deer, that came to forage in their grain fields.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2018
  • This behavioral flexibility could help peccaries—and potentially other species—adapt to climate change.
    — Ethan Freedman, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Feral hogs, whose rooting in soil increases tree growth and attracts bird flocks, are replacing ecological work done by extinct giant peccaries in North America.
    — Asher Elbein, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The exhibition includes pendants and ear ornaments of jade and jadeite, trumpets made from conch shells and ornate ceramic vessels decorated with howler monkeys, a turtle and a peccary, a relative of the pig.
    — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • An animal caring for a sick, injured, or dead individual of its own kind is referred to as epimeletic behavior, and besides humans and great apes, it’s been documented in elephants, peccaries, and orcas, among other species.
    — National Geographic, 19 June 2019
  • Creatures people see regularly include bobcats, gray foxes, mule deer, coyotes, reptiles (though not in winter), and collared peccaries, which resemble small pigs and travel around in little family groups eating cacti.
    — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Hand-sewn from the skin of the peccary—a pig-like mammal native to Central and South America—its refined details include three-point stitching at the back of the hand, cashmere lining, and pick stitch detailing along each seam.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Clearly the ancestors of Amahuacatherium did not wait for the Panama land bridge to close before shuffling across, nor did other prehistoric mammals such as tapirs and peccaries which are also found in these Late Miocene deposits.
    — Brian Switek, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2010
  • Board a boat at Atalaya and cruise even deeper into the rainforest, on the lookout for monkeys, giant anteaters, tapirs, ocelots, armadillos, peccaries, caimans, and the numerous bird species that inhabit Manú National Park.
    — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019

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