Disc Mayweed vs Lowland Tapir

Matricaria discoidea compared with Tapirus terrestris

Key Differences

• Disc Mayweed is Not Evaluated while Lowland Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Disc Mayweed	Lowland Tapir
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Tapiridae
Genus	Matricaria	Tapirus
Species	Matricaria discoidea	Tapirus terrestris

Conservation Status

Disc Mayweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Lowland Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Disc Mayweed	Lowland Tapir
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Disc Mayweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Lowland Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.