Used in:
- III Nephi 6:18 [14:6]
- Ether 4:20 [9:18]
What does the Book of Mormon state?
- Used as an allegory in III Nephi 6:18 [14:6]
- Ether 4:20 [9:18] describes actual animals
- Note: Jaredites were not under the Mosaic law
At face value - Did swine exist in the New World?
Statement
- The initial taxonomic record (above) is taken from Wilson and Reeder (1993). The white-lipped peccary was originally named Sus pecari, due to its superficial resemblance to true pigs (Suidae). Five subspecies are generally recognized. March (1993) lists them (in geographical order) as
- Tayassu pecari ringens (Southern Mexico to northern Nicaragua),
- T. p. spiradens (southern Nicaragua to Colombia),
- T. p. aequitorius (south-western Colombia and north-western Ecuador),
- T. p. pecari (from Colombia to Brazil, north of the Amazon river), and
- T. p. albirostris (the southern part of the peccary's range, south of the equator).
- http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Tayassu_pecari.html
- Also called "wild boar"
- T. pecari is the only large neotropical mammal to form large herds
Assessment
- Swine are endemic to Mesoamerica
