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English translation: Peccary

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Spanish term or phrase:	Jaguilla
English translation:	Peccary
Entered by:	Heather Oland

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16:13 Jul 2, 2009

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Science - Zoology / Guatemala

Spanish term or phrase: gaguilla

Any ideas on the English language equivalent for this Guatemalan jungle animal are appreciated.

Fueron devorados por animales salvajes de la selva por tigres, leones, ***gaguillas,*** otros mas que existe en la region de la Selva Petenera.

There's no further description of the critter in the text.

Heather Oland KudoZ activity Questions: 148 (none open) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 110 United States
Local time: 14:36

Peccary

Explanation:
I think this may be an error and it should be 'jagüilla' which, according to RAE, is a dangerous sort of peccary.

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=dis...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary

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Note added at 35 mins (2009-07-02 16:48:56 GMT)
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Ignore that first link. This is the one you want
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=jag...�illa

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fkirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:36

Grading comment

Thank you very much for your assistance, and thanks to everyone for your input and references.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
3 +3	Peccary	fkirton

Summary of reference entries provided
	liz askew

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Peccary

fkirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:36
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English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you very much for your assistance, and thanks to everyone for your input and references.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Richard McDorman: But couldn't it just as easily be "guaguilla," which is a kind of bird? The peccary eats mainly roots, grass, seeds, and fruit (it is not a dangerous, savage beast).

3 mins

neutral

Dr. Andrew Frankland: I found that as well, but do they eat the same things as lions and tigers?

4 mins

agree

John Speese: I too would lean towards peccary (javalina, chancho, etc.) as they will eat anything they can overpower and sometimes can be dangerous. I think the bird guagilla (= abubilla) is a hoopoe, an old world sp.

25 mins

agree

liz askew: Honduras This Week Travel and Tourism One popular form of ecotourism is hiking and bird and animal watching. ... the peccary (jaguilla), deer, tepescuintle, guatusa, and tapir or danto. ... www.marrder.com/htw/mar98/travel.htm - Cached - Similar

32 mins

agree

Omar Lima Quintana

6 hrs

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference

Reference information:
auna of trinidad and tobago
16 Feb 2008 ... Peccaries live in close family groups of 6 to 12. Peccaries are omnivorous, they will eat both meat and vegetation, although they prefer ...
www.birdsoftt.com/scenes info/fauna.htm - Cached - Similar

liz askew
United Kingdom
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