Candelillo vs Chilipuca Colorada

Mazama bricenii compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Candelillo is Vulnerable while Chilipuca Colorada is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candelillo	Chilipuca Colorada
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Fabaceae
Genus	Mazama	Phaseolus
Species	Mazama bricenii	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Candelillo

VU — Vulnerable

Chilipuca Colorada

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candelillo	Chilipuca Colorada
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candelillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chilipuca Colorada

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela