What is the difference between the Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) and the Southern White-Lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari albirostris)?
The Chacoan Peccary and the Southern White-Lipped Peccary are both pig-like ungulate (hoofed) mammals with short legs, and small, narrow feet.
The Chacoan Peccary and the Southern White-Lipped Peccary have a tough, leathery, pig-like snout (nose).
The Chacoan Peccary and the Southern White-Lipped Peccary have black, grey or brown bristly fur.
The Chacoan Peccary has longer ears, a longer snout, and a longer tail than the Southern White-Lipped Peccary.
The Chacoan Peccary is mainly diurnal, active during the day, whereas the Southern White-Lipped Peccary is active day and night, but is mainly nocturnal, more active at night.
The Chacoan Peccary is native to a small area in the Gran Chaco in the South American countries of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina, whereas the Southern White-Lipped Peccary lives in a larger are of Central America and South America, from southern Mexico to Ecuador.
[Location of photographs:Parc Zoologique de Paris in Bois de Vincennes, France]
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM