Chacoan Peccary vs Ear tree

Catagonus wagneri compared with Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Ear tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Ear tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Tayassuidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Enterolobium
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Ear tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, 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.