Large numbers of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) invade Amazonian town

WLP herd
White-lipped peccary herd in northern Brazil. Two individuals are radio-collared (Photo Jose Fragoso)

On November 10, 2015, large numbers of white-lipped peccaries moved across the town of Caracaraí in Roraima State, Brazil.  Many became trapped in yards or were killed by townspeople.  Caracaraí has a population of over 10,000 people.   Jose Fragoso (1997, 2004) described these exceptional movements as possible population level dispersal events or perhaps a herd that abandoned its usual home area after long term persecution by humans.

Newspaper story, photos and Fragoso articles hereWhite-lipped peccaries invade town

Jose Fragoso 2004 article:  Fragoso 2004: White-lip dissapearances

Jose Fragoso 1997 article: Fragoso 1997


 

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