Chacoan Peccary vs acácia-mimosa

Catagonus wagneri compared with Pithecellobium dulce

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while acácia-mimosa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	acácia-mimosa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Tayassuidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Catagonus	Pithecellobium
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Pithecellobium dulce

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

acácia-mimosa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	acácia-mimosa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

acácia-mimosa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (18 countries), North America (14 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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.