Title
White-lipped Peccary in Mesoamerica, Status, Threats and Conservation Actions: Short Report of 1st Symposium on Whitelipped Peccary in Mesoamerica, August 25, 2016, Belize City, Belize
Author(s)
Reyna-Hurtado, Rafael ;Radachowsky, Jeremy;Mcloughlin, Lee ;Thornton, Daniel ;Moreira-Ramírez, José F. ;García-Anleu, Rony ;Ponce-Santizo, Gabriela ;McNab, Roan;Diaz-Santos, Fabricio ;Mérida, Melvin ;Solis, Nery ;Ramos, Víctor Hugo ;Polisar, John ;et al
Published
2017
Publisher
Suiform Soundings
Abstract
Whitelipped peccary (Wdydssu pefdri) is one of the three extant species of peccaries. Peccaries are piglike animals from the Tayassuidae family, a family of ungulates from the Neotropics. Whitelipped peccary distribution range extends from northern Argentinato southern Mexico withthe largest continuous population within the Amazon forest, and smaller and isolated populations scattered from Panama to Mexico (Altrichter et al. 2012). Group size can vary from less than 10 to over 300 individuals (Sowls 1997, MoreiraRamirez etal. 2015, ReynaHurtado et al. 2016). Historically there were reports of hundreds of whitelipped peccaries roaming together through the Neotropical understory, however, habitat destruction and hunting have dramatically affected their group size. In addition, whitelipped peccaries are a highly prized prey for subsistence and market hunters. Currently the species is listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora(CITES) and classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List (Keuroghlian etal. 2013).
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