Chacoan Peccary vs Vegetable fern

Catagonus wagneri compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Tayassuidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Diplazium
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.