Chacoan peccary
| Chacoan peccary | |
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| Male at the Phoenix Zoo | |
| Female at the San Diego Zoo | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | Catagonus |
| Species: | C. wagneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Catagonus wagneri (Carlos Rusconi, 1930)
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| Synonyms | |
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Parachoerus wagneri Rusconi, 1930 | |
The Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri), also called the taguá, is a peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. It is the only extant species of genus Catagonus. With a total estimated population of approximately 3,000, it is considered to be an endangered species.