Bed-jacket vs Lesser bilby

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Macrotis leucura

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Lesser bilby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Lesser bilby
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Sapindaceae	Thylacomyidae
Genus	Alectryon	Macrotis
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Macrotis leucura

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Lesser bilby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Lesser bilby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Lesser bilby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.