Curled Thistle vs Peters' Duiker

Carduus crispus compared with Cephalophus callipygus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Thistle	Peters' Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Carduus	Cephalophus
Species	Carduus crispus	Cephalophus callipygus

Conservation Status

Curled Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Peters' Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Thistle	Peters' Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Peters' Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.