Chacoan Peccary vs Swampmahogany

Catagonus wagneri compared with Eucalyptus robusta

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Swampmahogany is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Swampmahogany
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	Eucalyptus
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Eucalyptus robusta

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Swampmahogany

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Swampmahogany
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Swampmahogany

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Vietnam), Europe (6 countries), North America (Nicaragua, Panama, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia), and South America (Brazil). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.