Chacoan Peccary vs Sour Prickle

Catagonus wagneri compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Sour Prickle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Sour Prickle
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	Cactaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Opuntia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Sour Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), 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.