vs Desert Rat-kangaroo

Buellia ocellata compared with Caloprymnus campestris

Key Differences

• is Near Threatened while Desert Rat-kangaroo is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Desert Rat-kangaroo
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Caliciaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Buellia	Caloprymnus
Species	Buellia ocellata	Caloprymnus campestris

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Desert Rat-kangaroo

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Desert Rat-kangaroo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Desert Rat-kangaroo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buellia ocellata is a crustose lichen with a pale grey to white areolate thallus bearing dark lecideine apothecia surrounded by a paler excipular ring. It inhabits exposed bark of old deciduous trees and smooth-barked conifers in temperate European woodlands. This lichen is sensitive to air quality changes and associated with veteran trees in ancient woodland.