Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Horsetail

Onychogalea lunata compared with Equisetum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Equisetaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Equisetum
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Equisetum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horsetail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.