Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Thatching grass

Onychogalea lunata compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Onychogalea	Hyparrhenia
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).