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Peccaries are the most formidable enemies, when met with in numbers, to be found in the forests of the Amazon.

From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.

I'm not so very big around and not great as to length, But one thing Peccaries have learned—in numbers there is strength.

From Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain by Kirkwood, Edith Brown

Peccaries are very fast for a few hundred yards, but speedily tire, lose their wind, and come to bay.

From Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Roosevelt, Theodore

Peccaries, now found in Texas, ranged into Michigan and New York, while great sloths from South America reached the middle states.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

Peccaries have delicately moulded short legs, and their feet are small, the tracks looking peculiarly dainty in consequence.

From Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Roosevelt, Theodore