Species
Endangeredvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Lazarus taxon
- Parent taxon
- Catagonus
- Image
- Chacoan Peccary.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P7603
- Appendix I of CITES
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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.
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