Chacoan Peccary vs wild safflower

Catagonus wagneri compared with Carthamus oxyacanthus

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while wild safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	wild safflower
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	Carthamus
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Carthamus oxyacanthus

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

wild safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	wild safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wild safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, India, Pakistan, and Sweden.

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.