Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs marsh pennywort

Onychogalea lunata compared with Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while marsh pennywort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	marsh pennywort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Araliaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Hydrocotyle
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

marsh pennywort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

marsh pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits temperate grasslands and steppes and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Asia (Georgia, Japan, Taiwan) and Europe (6 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.