Bed-jacket vs Northern Bettong

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Sapindaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Alectryon	Bettongia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Northern Bettong
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.

Northern Bettong

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.