Tayassuidae, Palmer, 1897

Jansen, Martin, Engler, Marc, Blumer, Luka Moritz, Rumiz, Damián I., Aramayo, José Luis & Krone, Oliver, 2020, A camera trapping survey of mammals in the mixed landscape of Bolivia’s Chiquitano region with a special focus on the Jaguar, Check List 16 (2), pp. 323-335 : 328

Family Tayassuidae

Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758)

Collared Peccary, Taitetú

Figure 4E

Examined material. BOLIVIA; Province of Ñuflo de Chávez of Santa Cruz Department; Centro “Chiquitos”; camera stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ( Table 1); first capture on 29 March 2017; secondary forest patch in pastureland, primary forest, and border of pastureland to forest.

Identification. This is a grayish, native pig with a white collar around its neck. It is smaller in size (15–30 kg) to Peccary, Tayassu pecari , and forms smaller groups of 4–17 individuals.