Chacoan Peccary vs Floating Fern

Catagonus wagneri compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Salvinia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.