Button-Willow vs New Guinean Quoll

Cephalanthus occidentalis compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Button-Willow is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Button-Willow	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	Rubiaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cephalanthus	Dasyurus
Species	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Button-Willow

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Button-Willow	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Button-Willow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Button-Willow

The Button-Willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is a species in the genus Cephalanthus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.