Chacoan Peccary vs hooked-pepperwort

Catagonus wagneri compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Marsilea
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.