Its nomenclature is a bit confused: some authors use the generic name Dicotyles G. Cuvier, 1817 or Pecari Reichenbach, 1835 for it, but most common is its inclusion within Tayassu Fischer, 1814. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Although there are no recent studies on the status of the populations of prey, sightings of species such as Tayassu pecari, Odocoileus virginianus, Mazama americana, Agouti paca and Dasyprocta punctata are still common in some of the last remnants of forest in the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Ecuadorian dry forests] Reference
The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) in appendix II of CITES, is also distributed in the region. From Wordnik.com. [Belizian pine forests] Reference
Many thanks to Steve Bodio (of Querencia) for the Collared peccary Tayassu tajacu skull photos that appear here. From Wordnik.com. [Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea] Reference
White-lipped peccaries Tayassu pecari and probably brocket deer Mazama americana enter to feed when it is possible. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Larger and widespread mammals include peccaries (Tayassu tajacu and Tayassu pecari), tapir (Tapirus terrestris), jaguars (Panthera onca), and deer (Mazama americana). From Wordnik.com. [Rio Negro campinarana] Reference
Some of the mammals are jaguar (Felis onca), paca (Cuniculus paca), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus seniculus), and various species of Chiropterans. From Wordnik.com. [Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub] Reference
The flooding pulse causes large annual displacements from open grasslands into higher forested land for marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) (pers. obs.). From Wordnik.com. [Chiquitano dry forests] Reference
Illegal extraction and illegal trade of exotic species are extensive and have reduced the populations of mammals like the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu). From Wordnik.com. [Balsas dry forests] Reference
Peccaries make an interesting assortment of noises: Collared peccaries Tayassu tajacu produce loud, dog-like barks, and White-lipped peccaries T. pecari scream, bellow and retch when in large groups (small groups tend to be quiet). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Vagrant mammals that travel between flooded and non-flooded forests include squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), brown pale-fronted capuchins (Cebus albifrons), woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha), and collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu). From Wordnik.com. [Juruá-Purus moist forests] Reference
The Collared peccary or Javelina Tayassu tajacu (or Pecari tajacu or Dicotyles tajacu) is the best studied species and is the archetypal peccary, occurring from central Arizona and central Texas south to northern Argentina (though with introduced populations in northern Texas, southern Oklahoma and Cuba). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
They also found populations of white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Adaptational biology energy relationships collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu). From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Many are widespread Amazonian species, including jaguars (Panthera onca), pumas (Puma concolor), tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), two peccaries (Tayassu pecari and T. tajacu), and deer (Mazama spp.). From Wordnik.com. [Guayanan Highlands moist forests] Reference
The central Amazon flooded forests host 200 mammal species including jaguars (Panthera onca), ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), kinkajous (Potos flavus), and white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari). From Wordnik.com. [Monte Alegre varzea] Reference
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), puma (Puma concolor), cliff chipmunk (Tamias dorsalis), collared peccari (Tayassu tajacu), coati (Nasua narica), jaguar (Panthera onca) and coyote (Canis latrans) are a few of the many diverse mammals that inhabit this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests] Reference
This ecoregion hosts 148 mammal species, the largest of which include ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), margays (Leopardus wiedii), tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), kinkajous (Potos flavus), and white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari). From Wordnik.com. [Gurupa varzea] Reference
Examples include a variety of herbivores such as White-lipped and Collared Peccary (Tayassu) and Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris), as well as cats such as Jaguar (Panthera onca), Puma (Puma concolor), Margay (Felis wiedii) and Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi). From Wordnik.com. [Southern Andean Yungas] Reference
The mammal fauna was quite rich until recently; the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), the brocket deer (Mazama americana), the agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and the puma (Puma concolor) still inhabit the most remote places along the valley. From Wordnik.com. [Patía Valley dry forests] Reference
Widespread species occur here such as tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), peccarys (Tayassu tajacu), pale-throated sloths (Bradypus tridactylus), long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata), two canids (Atelocynus microtis and Speothos venaticus), and three species of small cats Leopardus. From Wordnik.com. [Negro-Branco moist forests] Reference
There is a high density of felids, and the following are common terrestrial mammals: jaguars (Panthera onca), ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), kinkajous (Potos flavus), and white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari). From Wordnik.com. [Iquitos varzea] Reference
Larger mammals include tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu), white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari), 13 primates including the night monkey (Aotus vociferans), a white-faced saki (Pithecia monachus), and a regionally endemic tamarin (Saguinus inustus). From Wordnik.com. [Caqueta moist forests] Reference
Habitat destruction and modification, and introduction of alien species to the ecoregion have caused the extinction of the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), jaguar (Panthera onca), and jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi). From Wordnik.com. [Uruguayan savanna] Reference
There are 112 mammal species recorded here. including pacas (Agouti paca) and agoutis (Dasyprocta punctata), porcupines (Coendou prehensilis), spiny rats (Proechimys longicaudatus and Mesomys hispidus), hog-nosed skunks (Conepatus semistriatus), and peccaries (Tayassu pecari and T. tajacu, both locally extinct). From Wordnik.com. [Maranhão Babaçu forests] Reference
Other species such as the white-lipped peccary or "zaíno" (Tayassu pecari), the paca or "quartinaja" (Agouti paca), the agouti or "ñeque" (Dasyprocta punctata), the red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus), birds like the crested guan or "pava" (Penelope purpurascens) are hunted by settlers and indigenous inhabitants. From Wordnik.com. [Santa Marta montane forests] Reference
In terms of the fauna, the Balsas dry forest is considered as a zone with high mammalian diversity and includes the Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), coati (Nasua narica), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), jaguar (Pantera onca), coyote (Canis latrans), grey fox (Urocyn cinereoargenteus), and silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus). From Wordnik.com. [Balsas dry forests] Reference
Collared peccaries Tayassu tajacu. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Populations of the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Tayassu pecari); and four species of monkeys, including Geoffroy's spider monkey (. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Other mammals present include the peccaries (Tayassu spp.), agoutis (Dasyprocta spp.), pacas (Agouti paca), jaguars (Panthera onca), and the world’s largest rodents the capybaras (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris). From Wordnik.com. [Purus varzea] Reference
These include tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), jaguars (Panthera onca), the world’s largest living rodents, capybaras (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris), kinkajous (Potos flavus), and white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari). From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Amazon moist forests] Reference
Tayassu tajacu (L). From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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