Boodie vs Trailing shrubverbena

Bettongia lesueur compared with Lantana montevidensis

Key Differences

• Boodie is Near Threatened while Trailing shrubverbena is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boodie	Trailing shrubverbena
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Potoroidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Bettongia	Lantana
Species	Bettongia lesueur	Lantana montevidensis

Conservation Status

Boodie

NT — Near Threatened

Trailing shrubverbena

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boodie	Trailing shrubverbena
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boodie

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Trailing shrubverbena

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Eswatini, Seychelles), Asia (China, India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.