Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Prickly Heath

Onychogalea lunata compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Ericaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Gaultheria
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.