Cheeseweed mallow vs Leadebeater s Possum

Malva parviflora compared with Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

Key Differences

• Cheeseweed mallow is Not Evaluated while Leadebeater s Possum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheeseweed mallow	Leadebeater s Possum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Malvaceae	Petauridae
Genus	Malva	Gymnobelideus
Species	Malva parviflora	Gymnobelideus leadbeateri

Conservation Status

Cheeseweed mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Leadebeater s Possum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheeseweed mallow	Leadebeater s Possum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheeseweed mallow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (7 countries).

Leadebeater s Possum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cheeseweed mallow

The Cheeseweed mallow (Malva parviflora) is a species in the genus Malva. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.