Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Little Red Flying Fox

Onychogalea lunata compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Little Red Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Onychogalea	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Pteropus scapulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby and Little Red Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Little Red Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.