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In Spanish, it is called javelina, jabalí (a word also used to describe wild boar), sajino, or pecarí. The word javelina derives from the Spanish word for "wild boar". [7] In French Guiana and Suriname, the animal is called pakira. The scientific name Tayassuidae derives from the same source as the Portuguese tajaçu. [8]
The spread of javelinas throughout the Southwest may have been due to the overgrazing of native grasslands by livestock, leading to their replacement by cacti and mesquite, which are more desirable habitat for javelinas. [12] The javelina is also known from fossils from Toca da Barriguda in Bahia, Brazil. [14]
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You can eat before bed without worrying that you'll pack on the pounds. That being said you shouldn't fill up on food like it's on the clearance rack at Rag and Bone. Going to bed stuffed can lead ...
In Fray Sahagún's history of colonial Mexico, he mentions the iguana as a traditional food throughout Western Mexico and describes it as good to eat when properly prepared. Iguana meat is legal in the United States of America and several other countries, however importation is restricted due to CITES conventions.
The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is a species of peccary found in Central and South America and the only member of the genus Tayassu. [note 1] Multiple subspecies have been identified.
A 68-year-old woman was bitten by a javelina as it fought with her dogs in southern Arizona, wildlife officials said. The javelina bit the woman from Pearce on the shin, the Arizona Game & Fish ...
Elevenses (also called "morning tea") – light snack [16] and drink taken in the late morning after breakfast and before lunch. Lunch – midday meal [17] of varying size depending on the culture. The origin of the words lunch and luncheon relate to a small meal originally eaten at any time of the day or night, but during the 20th century ...