American Pumpkin vs Hog badger

Cucurbita pepo compared with Arctonyx collaris

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Hog badger is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	Hog badger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Cucurbita	Arctonyx
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Arctonyx collaris

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Hog badger

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	Hog badger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Hog badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.