Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - White-lipped peccary FAMILY - Tayassuidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Tayassu pecari ringens REFERENCES - 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 9 Threatened throughout range 4 Insufficient information, uncertain 4 Hunted - subsistence or commercial 4 Cites II 3 - Comments on Status 4* extensively hunted for meat, hides. Many from a herd killed at one time. In Central America threatened with habitat destruction District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Wet season 11 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 10 Shipstern Nature Reserve 9 Bladen Nature Reserve 8 Bladen Nature Reserve 7 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 6 Columbia River Forest Reserve 5 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 4 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 12 Gallon Jug Sighting 13 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 10 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 9 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 General Distribution Comments 5* seen but "Mopan say they have not seen in 5 yrs. except for occasional small group" 6* "area supports a pop., should be closely monitored" 8* "herds seen twice, at widely separated points, of about 16 animals each" References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 2:1081-1082 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.380 4 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 5 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 6 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 7 Miller, C., B. Miller in Iremonger, S., R. Sayre. 1993. A REA, the Bladen Nature Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. DRAFT. Appendix VII 8 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p. 21 9 Meerman, J. C. 1993. Mammals of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2:11, pp.83-85 10 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 11 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 12 Miller, C., B. Miller. Natural History of Caracol: Mammals. 1989-1993. In prep. 13 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list.
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