Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Floating Fern

Onychogalea lunata compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Salvinia
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).