Volume 1, Issue 2 pp. 161-162
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Intraspecific aggression results in death of a collared peccary

Robert L. Lochmiller

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Robert L. Lochmiller

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Nagle Hall, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843Search for more papers by this author
W. E. Grant

W. E. Grant

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station

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First published: 1982
Citations: 1

Abstract

An adult male collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) caught from the wild was released into an outdoor enclosure containing 12 other wild adult peccaries. The introduced male died of severe infection as a result of scrotal wounds inflicted by resident peccaries.

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