Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs stinking goosefoot

Onychogalea lunata compared with Chenopodium vulvaria

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while stinking goosefoot is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	stinking goosefoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Chenopodium
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Chenopodium vulvaria

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

stinking goosefoot

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	stinking goosefoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

stinking goosefoot

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.