Chacoan Peccary vs Prickly Yellow

Catagonus wagneri compared with Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Prickly Yellow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Prickly Yellow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Prickly Yellow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Prickly Yellow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Yellow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.