Abigail Garske marion moore look at these piglets.

Abigail Garske marion moore look at these piglets.

Originally shared by ZooBorns

Over the Labor Day weekend, at Knoxville Zoo, a Chacoan Peccary named Butternut took the holiday literally and delivered three ‘peclets’!

The three siblings were born on the morning of September 6th to seven-year-old mother Butternut and two-year-old father Squash. Zoo staff said they are already displaying their unique behavior of “frisky-hopping”, which consists of running and leaping in circles.

The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri), or Tagua, is a species of peccary native to the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. They were thought to be extinct until 1971, when scientists discovered them living in Argentina.

The Chacoan Peccary is currently listed as “Endangered” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Numbers are decreasing as a result of habitat loss and fragmentation. 

Learn more about the Chacoan Peccary at: http://bit.ly/1KqHuV6 or ZooBorns.com