We also know about disease and we know how dependent animals can become on man if a step is taken out of their survival pattern. The adult male Javelinas range from 46 to 60 inches in length and are usually 20 to 24 inches in height. They weigh between 40 and 60 pounds. Javelinas are grizzled black and gray, but they are lighter around the shoulders. Their fur is very coarse.
Javelinas have an almost unnoticeable tail and a pig-like snout.
They have two hooves on each foot, with four toes on the forefeet and three on the hind feet. Their upper tusks are 1.5 inches long and are pointed down rather than curled as with some other feral wild pigs. In adults, there is a mane that extends down the crown of the head to the rump. When the Javelinas visit, we can tell which are the young ones and which are the older ones. After a female gives birth, the babies walk beneath the mother.