Chacopekari vs Tickclover

Catagonus wagneri compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Chacopekari is Endangered while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacopekari	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Paarhufer)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Tayassuidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Desmodium
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Chacopekari

EN — Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacopekari	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacopekari

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chacopekari

The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is a species in the genus Catagonus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.