Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Elegant Water Shrew

Onychogalea lunata compared with Nectogale elegans

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Elegant Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Soricidae
Genus	Onychogalea	Nectogale
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby and Elegant Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Elegant Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.