Chacoan Peccary vs Monkey Apple

Catagonus wagneri compared with Annona glabra

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Monkey Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Monkey Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Annona
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Monkey Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.