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The general colour of this animal is black. Some of the 

 bristles of the back have concealed whitish rings at their 

 bases and many of the hairs on the crown, on the sides and 

 belly have subapical rings, which are a påle shade of tawny, 

 but this does not much alter the general impression of black- 

 ness except perhaps on the lower neck. There is nothing 

 white on top of the snout, but almost all hairs from the 

 fore-head as far down as hairs grow on the muzzle are black 

 the tawny rings on the crown ceasing in the interorbital 

 region. The hairs on the upper lip and sides of muzzle are 

 dirty whitish and those longer ones next to the mouth have 

 as well as those of the chin a distinct brownish or tawny 

 shade. The interramal space is whitish and a rather narrow 

 white band extends from there backwards to the vertical 

 through the eye. The cheeks and the sides of the head are 

 black with scattered buff or tawny rings which are more 

 numerous below the eyes so that almost a spöt is formed 

 there. They are also rather numerous between the eye and 

 ear. The black of the lower side begins with rather sharp 

 limit on the lower neck on a level with the vertical through 

 the eye. Legs and feet black only a few yellowish white 

 hairs above the hoofs. 



All sensory bristles in the face on the upper and lower 

 jaw and throat are black. 



This animal differs evidently from other white-lipped 

 Peccaris by having less white on the snout and also on the 

 throat. Especially is this the case, if a comparison is made 

 with the Costa Rican race D. p. albirostris Goldman (also 

 occurring at Panama), which is said by its author to have 

 the white facial area even more extensive than in the sub- 

 species ringens Merrtam. The latter has the white colour 

 surrounding the whole muzzle from tip to midway between 

 nose and eyes. In the typical D. p. pecari of Paraguay and 

 Brazil as well the white passes across the upper part of the 

 snout as a band behind its tip, while in the present spe- 

 cimen there is no white at all on the upper surface of the 

 nose. It is hardly probable that this may be an individual 

 variation and there are also some cranial differences which 

 appear to indicate that the White-lipped Peccari of Western 

 Ecuador constitutes a geographical subspecies. 



