Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Moon Trefoil

Onychogalea lunata compared with Medicago arborea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Moon Trefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Fabaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Medicago
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Medicago arborea

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Moon Trefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moon Trefoil

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).