Blackboard Tree vs New Guinean Quoll

Alstonia scholaris compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Apocynaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Alstonia	Dasyurus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. 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 Oceanian biogeographic realm.