Chacoan Peccary vs Jointed Pricklypear

Catagonus wagneri compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Opuntia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

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.