White-lipped peccary
(Tayassu pecari)[] | |
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| Species ID: | 3-4-38-4367-15104 |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetartiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | Tayassu |
| Conservation status: | VU - Vulnerable (2012) |
| Population trend: | Decreasing |
| Links: | ADW / IUCN Red List / Wikipedia |
Physical Description[]
| Avg. length: | 75 - 139 cm |
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| Avg. height: | 40 - 60 cm |
| Avg. mass: | 25 - 40 kg |
| Colors: | Blackish-brown, White (markings) |
Lifespan[]
| Avg. lifespan in wild: | 13 years |
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Reproduction[]
| Mating system: | Polygynous |
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| Breeding season: | Year-round |
| Mode of reproduction: | Viviparous |
| Gestation period: | 156 - 162 days |
| Avg. litter size: | 2 (range 1 - 4) piglets |
| Parental care: | Female |
| Breeding interval: | 1 year |
| Maturity: | 1 - 2 years |
Behavior & Ecology[]
| Activity: | Crepuscular, Diurnal, Nocturnal |
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| Sociality: | Communal |
| Avg. group size: | 20 - 100 (range 5 - 300) individuals |
| Movement: | Nomadic |
| Avg. territory size: | 120 (range 60 - 200) km² |
| Elevation range: | 0 - 1,900 m asl |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Diet: | Fruits, Nuts, Seeds, Leaves, Stems, Fungi, Worms, Insects, Fish, Frogs, Snakes, Lizards, Eggs, Carrion |
| Predators: | Jaguars, Cougars |
Habitats[]
Major[]
- 1.5 Tropical/subtropical dry forests
- 1.6 Tropical/subtropical moist lowland forests
- 1.9 Tropical/subtropical moist montane forests
- 2.1 Dry savannas
- 2.2 Moist savannas
- 3.5 Tropical/subtropical dry shrublands
- 3.6 Tropical/subtropical moist shrublands
- 3.7 Tropical/subtropical alpine shrublands
- 4.5 Tropical/subtropical dry grasslands
- 4.6 Tropical/subtropical flooded grasslands
Marginal[]
- 1.7 Tropical/subtropical mangrove forests
- 1.8 Tropical/subtropical swamp forests
Distribution[]
Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Terrestrial Ecoregions[]
- NT0101 Araucaria moist forests
- NT0102 Atlantic Coast restingas
- NT0103 Bahia coastal forests
- NT0104 Bahia interior forests
- NT0105 Bolivian Yungas
- NT0107 Caqueta moist forests
- NT0108 Catatumbo moist forests
- NT0111 Central American Atlantic moist forests
- NT0112 Central American montane forests
- NT0113 Chiapas montane forests
- NT0115 Chocó-Darién moist forests
- NT0117 Cordillera La Costa montane forests
- NT0118 Cordillera Oriental montane forests
- NT0121 Eastern Cordillera real montane forests
- NT0122 Eastern Panamanian montane forests
- NT0124 Guianan Highlands moist forests
- NT0125 Guianan moist forests
- NT0126 Gurupa várzea
- NT0128 Iquitos várzea
- NT0129 Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
- NT0130 Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
- NT0132 Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests
- NT0133 Juruá-Purus moist forests
- NT0135 Madeira-Tapajós moist forests
- NT0136 Magdalena Valley montane forests
- NT0137 Magdalena-Urabá moist forests
- NT0138 Marajó várzea
- NT0139 Maranhão Babaçu forests
- NT0140 Mato Grosso seasonal forests
- NT0141 Monte Alegre várzea
- NT0142 Napo moist forests
- NT0143 Negro-Branco moist forests
- NT0144 Northeastern Brazil restingas
- NT0145 Northwestern Andean montane forests
- NT0147 Orinoco Delta swamp forests
- NT0149 Guianan Freshwater swamp forests
- NT0150 Alto Paraná Atlantic forests
- NT0153 Peruvian Yungas
- NT0154 Petén-Veracruz moist forests
- NT0156 Purus várzea
- NT0157 Purus-Madeira moist forests
- NT0158 Rio Negro campinarana
- NT0159 Santa Marta montane forests
- NT0160 Serra do Mar coastal forests
- NT0163 Solimões-Japurá moist forest
- NT0165 Southern Andean Yungas
- NT0166 Southwest Amazon moist forests
- NT0167 Talamancan montane forests
- NT0168 Tapajós-Xingu moist forests
- NT0169 Pantepuis
- NT0170 Tocantins/Pindare moist forests
- NT0173 Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests
- NT0174 Ucayali moist forests
- NT0175 Venezuelan Andes montane forests
- NT0178 Western Ecuador moist forests
- NT0180 Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests
- NT0181 Yucatán moist forests
- NT0182 Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests
- NT0201 Apure-Villavicencio dry forests
- NT0202 Atlantic dry forests
- NT0206 Bolivian montane dry forests
- NT0209 Central American dry forests
- NT0212 Chiquitano dry forests
- NT0219 Lara-Falcón dry forests
- NT0223 Marañón dry forests
- NT0224 Panamanian dry forests
- NT0225 Patía Valley dry forests
- NT0229 Sinú Valley dry forests
- NT0302 Belizean pine forests
- NT0303 Central American pine-oak forests
- NT0306 Miskito pine forests
- NT0701 Dry Chaco
- NT0702 Beni savanna
- NT0703 Campos Rupestres montane savanna
- NT0704 Cerrado
- NT0707 Guianan savanna
- NT0708 Humid Chaco
- NT0709 Llanos
- NT0906 Orinoco wetlands
- NT0907 Pantanal
- NT0908 Paraná flooded savanna
- NT1309 La Costa xeric shrublands
- NT1401 Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves
- NT1403 Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves
- NT1405 South American Pacific mangroves
- NT1406 Southern Atlantic mangroves