Chinaroot vs Dwarf Brocket

Dioscorea villosa compared with Mazama chunyi

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Dwarf Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Dwarf Brocket
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Dioscorea	Mazama
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Mazama chunyi

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Dwarf Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Dwarf Brocket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Dwarf Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.