Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Crowned Tooth

Onychogalea lunata compared with Hydnellum lepidum

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Crowned Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Hydnellum
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Hydnellum lepidum

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Crowned Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.