Chacoan Peccary vs Spanish-needles

Catagonus wagneri compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Spanish-needles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Tayassuidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Catagonus	Bidens
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Bidens bipinnata

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Spanish-needles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.