Chacoan Peccary vs Stinking Hawk's-beard

Catagonus wagneri compared with Crepis foetida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chacoan Peccary Stinking Hawk's-beard
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 Crepis
Species Catagonus wagneri Crepis foetida

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Stinking Hawk's-beard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chacoan Peccary Stinking Hawk's-beard
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Stinking Hawk's-beard

No description available.

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