Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs gratiola

Onychogalea lunata compared with Gratiola officinalis

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while gratiola is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	gratiola
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Gratiola
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Gratiola officinalis

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

gratiola

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

gratiola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.