Chacoan peccary  (Catagonus wagneri)

Facts

Also known as:Giant peccary and tagua
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Tayassuidae
Genus Catagonus(1)
Size Head-body length: 90 - 111 cm (2)
Tail length: 2.4 - 10.2 cm (2)
Weight 29.5 - 40 kg cm (2)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN A1acde, B1+2bde, E) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (3).