Tayassu pecari - #793

White-lipped Peccary
Oblique view
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
Guaycolec Zoo, Formosa Province, Argentina
Image Date
1982
Photographer
C E Chehebar