Carelessweed vs Peters' Duiker

Amaranthus spinosus compared with Cephalophus callipygus

Key Differences

• Carelessweed is Not Evaluated while Peters' Duiker is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carelessweed	Peters' Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Amaranthus	Cephalophus
Species	Amaranthus spinosus	Cephalophus callipygus

Conservation Status

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Peters' Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carelessweed	Peters' Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carelessweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Peters' Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.