Chacoan Peccary vs Elephant Palm

Catagonus wagneri compared with Borassus aethiopum

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Elephant Palm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Borassus
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

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.