Physical Description
The white-lipped peccary lives to be an average of 13 years old and can give birth to two peccaries at a time. The head and body length ranges from 90-139 centimeters, the shoulder height is between 40-60 centimeters, the tail length is from 3-6 centimeters, and the adult weight is 25-40 kilograms. The white-lipped peccary is generally brown or black. The coat is bristly and has hairs running lengthways down the spine growing longer than the hairs running down the body making a crest, which stands up when the peccary becomes excited. The peccary has a round body with a long snout that ends in a circular disk where the nasal cavity starts. They have white markings that start below the snout and run to the cheek area just below the eyes.
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