Chacoan Peccary vs fat duckweed

Catagonus wagneri compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Araceae
Genus	Catagonus	Lemna
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), 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.