Geographic
range: Nearctic, Neotropical:SW USA through Mexico and Central
America to N Argentina and NW Peru.
Physical characteristics: Relatively
low standing. Large head, stocky, short legs. Overall color dark brown,
or gray, with a prominent whitish collar from shoulders to chest.
Food habits: Omnivorous. Mostly
fruits and seeds, but also invertebrates.
Reproduction: Litter 1- 4 (usually
2).
Behavior: Active both by day and
night, although becoming almost nocturnal in areas where heavily persecuted.
Rests and sleeps under logs and outcroppings, also in abandoned burrows.
Travels mostly in groups (2 -50 individuals, usually around 5).
Habitat: Forests, grassland, deserts.
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