Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Sickle Medick

Onychogalea lunata compared with Medicago falcata

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Sickle Medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Sickle Medick
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 falcata

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Sickle Medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).