Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Prickly Coontail

Onychogalea lunata compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Ceratophyllum
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.