Chacoan Peccary vs Surinam cherry

Catagonus wagneri compared with Eugenia uniflora

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Surinam cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Surinam cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Eugenia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Eugenia uniflora

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Surinam cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Surinam cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Surinam cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Portugal, United Kingdom), North America (12 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.