#0493 · 🦊 mammals
White-lipped Peccary
🇳🇱 Witlippekari ·Tayassu pecari
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what is it?
The white-lipped peccary ( Tayassu pecari ), is a hog-like animal found in Central and South America. Most of its range is in rainforests, but it is also known from a wide range of other habitats such as dry forests, grasslands, mangrove, Cerrado and dry xerophytic areas. It lives in herds of 20–300 individuals that on average take up about 120 km2 to fully function. This species is omnivorous, feeding mostly on fruit, and are usually found traveling great...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,879 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 32.5 kg.
- Scientifically named by Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1795 (231 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- White-lipped Peccary
- Nederlands
- Witlippekari
- scientific name
- Tayassu pecari
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Tayassuidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 1,879
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 32.5 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1795 by Heinrich Friedrich Link
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Tayassuidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 42115, Wikidata Q756073, GBIF 2440993, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.