Chacoan Peccary vs Guava

Catagonus wagneri compared with Psidium guajava

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Guava is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Guava
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Psidium
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Psidium guajava

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Guava

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Guava
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Guava

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (20 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (8 countries).

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.