Buttonhead Pipewort vs New Guinean Quoll

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Buttonhead Pipewort is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Dasyurus
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.