White-lipped peccaries traditionally were “bullies,” Dr. Beck said, traveling in packs of hundreds — or as many as 1,000. “I’ve been in the rainforest when they run through the ...

White-lipped peccary trails lead to archeological discovery in Brazil: 4,000- to 10,000-year-old cave drawings. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 ...

Precipitous decline of white-lipped peccary populations in Mesoamerica. Biological Conservation , 2020; 242: 108410 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108410 Cite This Page : ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery behind the periodic disappearance and reappearance of the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) across huge areas of central and South America. A new ...

The white-lipped peccary, a piglike animal native to Central and South America, usually forages for fruit and other plants during the day and sleeps at night. But scientists in Brazil's Pantanal ...

According to a team of researchers affiliated with São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, the extinction of South America's two largest herbivores—the lowland tapir (Tapirus ...

White-lipped peccaries have declined by as much as 87% to 90% from their historical range in Central America, signaling a population collapse of a key species in the region. The pig-like animal is ...

The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a hairy, pig-like mammal that once lived throughout the forests of Central and South America, now only skitters around in 13 percent of its former range ...

Hunting, deforestation, and cattle ranching in Mesoamerica have become a triad of trouble for the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), an ecologically important species now threatened with ...

White-lipped peccary trails lead to archeological discovery in Brazil WCS researchers discover 4,000- to 10,000-year-old cave drawings ...

This article originally appeared in The New York Times. (Trilobites) White-lipped peccaries travel in large packs throughout the forest. The hairy, piglike creatures emit a distinctive musky smell … ...