Bed-jacket vs New Guinean Quoll

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

  • Bed-jacket is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family Sapindaceae Dasyuridae
Genus Alectryon Dasyurus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket New Guinean Quoll
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.

New Guinean Quoll

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.

New Guinean Quoll

No description available.

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