Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs

Onychogalea lunata compared with Hypoxylon petriniae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Xylariales (Xylariales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Hypoxylaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Hypoxylon
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Hypoxylon petriniae

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Hypoxylon petriniae is a wood-inhabiting pyrenomycete fungus producing small, cushion-shaped stromata on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate forests across Europe and related regions where suitable deadwood hosts are available. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose and lignin of dead woody tissues.