White-lipped and collared peccaries (Tayassu pecari and  Pecari  tajacu, respectively) are abundant and widespread fruit-eating (frugivorous)/omnivorous mammals in Neotropical rain forests. Recent studies have shown that their role as fruit predators and dispersers affects the biodiversity of certain forest habitats.

The white-lipped peccaries (WLP) are the only rain forest ungulates which form large herds (50-300 individuals), so their effects on forest habitats can be dramatic.  Extirpation of either peccary species from a rain forest area would undoubtedly cause habitat alterations and additional biodiversity losses.

Contents:
1. White-lipped peccary conservation
2. Team members
3. Collaborators