chainfruit vs Lesser bilby

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Macrotis leucura

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Lesser bilby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Lesser bilby
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Apocynaceae	Thylacomyidae
Genus	Alyxia	Macrotis
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Macrotis leucura

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Lesser bilby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Lesser bilby
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Lesser bilby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

chainfruit

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