Black fruited galanga vs Julia Creek dunnart

Alpinia nigra compared with Sminthopsis douglasi

Key Differences

• Black fruited galanga is Least Concern while Julia Creek dunnart is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black fruited galanga	Julia Creek dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Zingiberaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Alpinia	Sminthopsis
Species	Alpinia nigra	Sminthopsis douglasi

Conservation Status

Black fruited galanga

LC — Least Concern

Julia Creek dunnart

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black fruited galanga	Julia Creek dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black fruited galanga

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Jamaica.

Julia Creek dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black fruited galanga

The Black fruited galanga (Alpinia nigra) is a species in the genus Alpinia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.