Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs hooked-pepperwort

Onychogalea lunata compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Marsilea
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.