More than two-thirds of white-lipped peccary populations are on the decline, said scientists who met to discuss the future of the species in an August 2016 meeting in Belize City, Belize.

For example, the entire Maya Forest, in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, hosts the largest white-lipped peccary population stronghold in Mesoamerica, with an estimated population of around 5000 ...

The Chacoan peccary looks a lot like a big, hairy pig. And it grunts and snorts like a pig, too. Yet while the peccary shares a common ancestry with the pig, the two animals are very different ...

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In less then one week last month, four Chacoan peccaries were born ...

The Chacoan peccary is found in the dry forests of the Gran Chaco ecosystem located in Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia, but the species is imperiled by habitat lost, disease, and over hunting.

But white-lipped peccary populations are down 30 percent in the past 18 years, and they have gone locally extinct in many places due to disease, habitat loss, and overhunting.

Collared Peccary are hunted for their meat by game hunters and are an important food resource for indigenous people. They are hunted opportunistically by indigenous people when they uproot and ...

A new species of pig-like mammal called a peccary has been discovered in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil, a scientist announced today. It is the largest peccary in the world, about the ...

Yes. You've correctly named the Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri). The Chacoan peccary looks a lot like a big, hairy pig. And it grunts and snorts like a pig, too. Yet while the peccary shares a ...