Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Spotted Thistle

Onychogalea lunata compared with Scolymus maculatus

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Spotted Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Spotted 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	Scolymus
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Scolymus maculatus

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Spotted Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Spotted Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spotted Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).