Chacoan Peccary vs Pencil flower

Catagonus wagneri compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Tayassuidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Stylosanthes
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), 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.