Chacoan Peccary vs Yellow Dodder

Catagonus wagneri compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Artiodactyla (소목)	Solanales (가지목)
Family	Tayassuidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Cuscuta
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Chacoan Peccary

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