Chacoan Peccary vs Deviltree

Catagonus wagneri compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Alstonia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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.