Boodie vs Indian Sundew

Bettongia lesueur compared with Drosera indica

Key Differences

• Boodie is Near Threatened while Indian Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boodie	Indian Sundew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Potoroidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Bettongia	Drosera
Species	Bettongia lesueur	Drosera indica

Conservation Status

Boodie

NT — Near Threatened

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boodie	Indian Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boodie

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.

Boodie

The Boodie (Bettongia lesueur) is a species in the genus Bettongia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.