Chacoan Peccary vs Shellplant

Catagonus wagneri compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Alpinia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Shellplant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.