Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs slender thistle

Onychogalea lunata compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Onychogalea	Carduus
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.