I was there for my anual winter trip and they had just finished the re-do on the campgorund in the Basin. Although it really makes the staff mad, I drove my 34dp to the Basin and found no less than 8 sites that I could fit in. Had another great stay and loved it! Those "wild pigs" are actually not pigs in the ordinary sense, they are peccary.
A
peccary (plural
peccaries; also
javelina and
skunk pig;
Portuguese javali and
Spanish jabalí,
sajino or
pecarí) is a medium-sized
mammal of the
family Tayassuidae, or
New World Pigs. Peccaries are members of the
artiodactyl suborder Suina, as are the pig family (
Suidae) and possibly the hippopotamus family (
Hippopotamidae).
[1] They are found in the southwestern area of
North America and throughout
Central and
South America. Peccaries usually measure between 90 to 130 centimetres (3.0 to 4.3 ft), and a full-grown adult usually weighs between about 20 to 40 kilograms (44 to 88 lb).
People often confuse peccaries, which are found in the
Americas, with the
pig family which originated in
Afro-Eurasia, especially since some
domestic pigs brought by European settlers have escaped over the years and now run wild as
razorback hogs in many parts of the
United States.
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