American Wormseed vs Fat-tailed false antechinus

Dysphania ambrosioides compared with Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Key Differences

• American Wormseed is Not Evaluated while Fat-tailed false antechinus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Wormseed	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Dysphania	Pseudantechinus
Species	Dysphania ambrosioides	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Conservation Status

American Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Wormseed	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Wormseed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (14 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji), and South America (7 countries).

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Wormseed

The American Wormseed (Dysphania ambrosioides) is a species in the genus Dysphania. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.