Chacoan peccary
| Chacoan peccary | |
|---|---|
| Male at the Phoenix Zoo | |
| Female at the San Diego Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | Catagonus |
| Species: | C. wagneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Catagonus wagneri (Carlos Rusconi, 1930) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Parachoerus wagneri Rusconi, 1930 | |
The Chacoan peccary or tagua (Catagonus wagneri or Parachoerus wagneri) is the last extant species of the genus Catagonus; it is a peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. Approximately 3,000 remain in the world.