What Animal Lives Where

Where has the collared peccary been recorded?

Pecari tajacu occurrence evidence comes from 1,428 records in 20 countries and territories, from 1898 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

collared peccary
collared peccary — Photo (display-sized rendition): Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaArtiodactylaTayassuidaePecari

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,428 records across 20 countries and territories, 1898–2026.

Pecari tajacu · GBIF taxon key 2440995

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18982026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where collared peccary has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for collared peccary. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 535
Colombia 254
Ecuador 137
Mexico 104
Panama 72
Bolivia 66
Peru 64
Costa Rica 61
Guatemala 28
Venezuela 27
Brazil 20
Argentina 15
Suriname 15
Paraguay 13
Belize 8
Guyana 4
Trinidad & Tobago 2
French Guiana 1
Nicaragua 1
El Salvador 1

Related animals

Others in the family Tayassuidae.

white-lipped peccary
white-lipped peccary
268 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.