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The Peccary
R. A. Donkin
其他書名
With Observations on the Introduction of Pigs to the New World
出版
American Philosophical Society
, 1985
主題
Nature / Animals / Mammals
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals
ISBN
0871697556
9780871697554
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=aR8LAAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Three living species of peccary inhabit a vast area of the New World, between roughly 35 degrees of latitude north and south of the equator. They are primarily forest or woodland animals, but two species (one of them only recently discovered) have adapted to scrub-dominated ecosystems, both natural and anthropogenic. The overall distribution has contracted since the beginning of European seettlement, yet peccaries are remarkably resilient animals. In traditional societies, the peccary is hunted chiefly for meat, and within the combined distribution of the species probably no other animal has contributed more to human food supply. Europeans have valued both the meat and, on a much larger scale, the hides. This study discusses the distribution, habitat, and biology of the peccary and the peccary in human economy and society. Bibliography. Maps and illus.