Chacoan Peccary vs smooth heliotrope

Catagonus wagneri compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Heliotropium
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	smooth heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), 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.