White-lipped peccary
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| phylum | Chordata | The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), is a peccary found in Central and South America. Most of its range is inrainforests, 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 typically take up about 120 km2 to fully function. Members of this species are omnivorous, feeding mostly on fruit, and are usually found traveling great distances to obtain it.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Artiodactyla | |
| family | Tayassuidae | |
| genus | Tayassu | |
| species | T. pecari |
