Tayassu pecari - #1578
White-lipped Peccary
Close up of head of sleeping individual
Geographic Distribution
Mexico (E from Oaxaca and Veracruz) and all other Central American states; South America in N Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, W Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, and Venezuela. Introduced to Cuba.
Order/Family
Tayassuidae
Genus
Tayassu
Specific Epithet
pecari
Image Location
Zoo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Image Date
1995
Photographer
R D Lord