White-lipped peccary

Peccaries are American relatives of pigs. They live in large herds of up to 200 and move around in wide areas in search of food and drinking water. They mark their territory with smells and piles of dung. Undigested seeds are spread with their piles of dung, thus promoting forest regeneration.

Peccaries have a wide range of sounds for communicating within herds. When excited, a peccary will ruffle its long back hairs. Because of the destruction of its habitat and excessive hunting, the number of peccaries has collapsed in the last few decades.