Chacoan Peccary vs five-leaf crotalaria

Catagonus wagneri compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	five-leaf crotalaria
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	Crotalaria
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

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.