How big does a Chacoan peccary get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri) reaches an average size of 1.03 meter (3′ 5″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 9 years, they grow from 600 grams (1.32 lbs) to 35.38 kg (78.01 lbs). A Chacoan peccary has 2 babies at once. The Chacoan peccary (genus: Catagonus) is a member of the family Tayassuidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Chacoan peccary or tagua (Catagonus 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. It is believed to be the closest living relative to the extinct genus Platygonus.The Chacoan peccary has the unusual distinction of having been first described in 1930 based on fossils and was originally thought to be an extinct species. In 1971, the animal was discovered to still be alive in the Chaco region, in the Argentine province of Salta. The species was well known to the native people, but it took a while for scientists to acknowledge its existence. It is known locally as the tagua.
Animals of the same family as a Chacoan peccary
We found other animals of the Tayassuidae family:
- White-lipped peccary with a size of 1.11 meter (3′ 8″)
- Collared peccary with a size of 88.6 cm (2′ 11″)
Animals with the same size as a Chacoan peccary
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chacoan peccary:
- Giant otter with a size of 1.14 meter (3′ 9″)
- Wolf with a size of 1.06 meter (3′ 6″)
- Mountain gazelle with a size of 1.01 meter (3′ 4″)
- Giant armadillo with a size of 87.4 cm (2′ 11″)
- Collared peccary with a size of 88.6 cm (2′ 11″)
- White-bellied duiker with a size of 94 cm (3′ 2″)
- Red-fronted gazelle with a size of 88.5 cm (2′ 11″)
- African wild dog with a size of 92.4 cm (3′ 1″)
- Bay duiker with a size of 84.9 cm (2′ 10″)
- Zebra duiker with a size of 87.5 cm (2′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Chacoan peccary
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Chacoan peccary:
- Small-toothed palm civet
- Highveld gerbil
- Mountain ground squirrel
- Indian palm squirrel
- Brown deer mouse
- Moss-forest rat
- Tiger
- Sumichrast’s vesper rat
- Common echymipera
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Chacoan peccary
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Chacoan peccary:
- Western tree hyrax with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Striped possum with an average maximal age of 9.58 years
- Whiskered bat with an average maximal age of 9.25 years
- European mink with an average maximal age of 10 years
- White-footed sportive lemur with an average maximal age of 8.58 years
- Red-necked pademelon with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Lesser long-nosed bat with an average maximal age of 10 years
- Sarcophilus laniarius with an average maximal age of 8.17 years
- Grey-bellied squirrel with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Black giant squirrel with an average maximal age of 10.08 years
Animals with the same weight as a Chacoan peccary
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Catagonus wagneri:
- Red goral with a weight of 28.68 kilos (63.23 lbs)
- Giant armadillo with a weight of 41.33 kilos (91.12 lbs)
- Springbok with a weight of 33.39 kilos (73.61 lbs)
- Mountain reedbuck with a weight of 29.2 kilos (64.37 lbs)
- Blackbuck with a weight of 36.1 kilos (79.59 lbs)
- Calamian deer with a weight of 39.66 kilos (87.44 lbs)
- Chamois with a weight of 33.11 kilos (72.99 lbs)
- Indian hog deer with a weight of 37.27 kilos (82.17 lbs)
- Sumatran orangutan with a weight of 39.7 kilos (87.52 lbs)
- Saiga antelope with a weight of 37.57 kilos (82.83 lbs)