Chacoan Peccary vs Marsh fleabane

Catagonus wagneri compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Marsh fleabane is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Tayassuidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Catagonus	Pluchea
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Marsh fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 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.