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White-lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colombia.January 44, February 11, March 29, April 38, May 26, June 3, July 26, August 5, September 10, October 19, November 40, December 140.
Colombia391
Brazil249
Vichada215
Meta165
Mato Grosso do Sul86
Mato Grosso60
Argentina46
Ecuador42
Peru39
Goias38

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyPeccaries · Tayassuidae
GenusCentral Peccaries · Tayassu

Sources

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Practise White-lipped Peccary with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.