To: abb
Although they look like pigs, javelina are members of the rodent family. Big 'Rats. That picture is a female, the males have great big tusks. A couple of Christmas's ago, I woke to a family of them in my carport.
To: az wildkitten
Javalina antidote...
22 posted on
12/08/2006 4:42:08 AM PST by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: az wildkitten
javelina are members of the rodent familyThat is incorrect. They are members of the Artiodactyls--the same as swine and hippopotami.
To: az wildkitten
Although they look like pigs, javelina are members of the rodent family. Big 'Rats. That picture is a female, the males have great big tusks. A couple of Christmas's ago, I woke to a family of them in my carport.
No. They aren't rodents. Paccaries belong to the order Tayassuidae, hoofed mammals related to swine.
See http://tolweb.org/Tayassuidae/30341.
59 posted on
12/08/2006 6:15:52 AM PST by
WardMClark
(The guy that PeTA hates most. Ask me why.)
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