Chacoan Peccary vs Silkrubber

Catagonus wagneri compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Funtumia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.