Big Pig-Like Beast Discovered


	Big Pig-Like Beast Discovered

wildcat

11-3-2007 4:20 AM

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science, discovery, peccary, amazon, mammal

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11-3-2007 9:04 AM

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A new species of pig-like mammal called a peccary has been discovered in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil, a scientist announced today. It is the largest peccary in the world, about the size of a large dog.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/animals/071102-new-peccary.html"><DIV>
The newly named <A href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=071102-peccary-pics-02.jpg&cap=The+two+left+photos+are+of+wild+peccary+%28two+different+individuals+of+the+newfound+species%29+visiting+a+pond.+Top+right+shows+one+killed+by+hunters.+Bottom+right+is+a+skin+sample.+Credits:+%C2%A9+NDR+Naturfilm%2FRoland+Gockel%3B+%C2%A9+Frieder+Salm&title=Big+Pig-Like+Beast+Discovered&title=Big%20Pig-Like%20Beast%20Discovered">beast</A>  (<EM>Pecari maximus</EM>) was found in the basin of the Rio Aripuanã and confirmed to be a distinct species via a genetic analysis conducted by the Leiden Centre for Environmental Sciences in the Netherlands. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/animals/071102-new-peccary.html"><DIV>
Though new to science, locals already knew about the creature. Tupi Indians called it Caitetu Munde, which means "great peccary which lives in pairs." </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/animals/071102-new-peccary.html"><DIV>
"One day I was looking at some monkeys, and I saw three peccaries pass in front of me totally silent," van Roosmalen told <EM>LiveScience</EM>. "They appeared and then disappeared without making any noise."</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/animals/071102-new-peccary.html"><DIV>
Peccaries are hoofed animals closely related to swine and hippopotami. Until now, only three species were known to science—the collared peccary, the white-lipped peccary and the Chaccoan peccary. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F52ADA3F-91F4-435A-951B-0EAC3507BD26/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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