Buffalo gourd vs Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Cucurbita foetidissima compared with Onychogalea lunata

Key Differences

• Buffalo gourd is Least Concern while Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo gourd	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Cucurbita	Onychogalea
Species	Cucurbita foetidissima	Onychogalea lunata

Conservation Status

Buffalo gourd

LC — Least Concern

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo gourd	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buffalo gourd

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Austria and Taiwan.

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buffalo gourd

The Buffalo Gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.