Chacoan Peccary vs small water-pepper

Catagonus wagneri compared with Persicaria minor

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while small water-pepper is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	small water-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Persicaria
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	small water-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

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.