Chacoan Peccary vs Conch apple

Catagonus wagneri compared with Passiflora maliformis

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Conch apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Conch apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Passifloraceae
Genus	Catagonus	Passiflora
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Passiflora maliformis

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Conch apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Conch apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Conch apple

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Chile, Colombia).

Chacoan Peccary

The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is a species in the genus Catagonus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.