Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby vs Yellow Dodder

Onychogalea lunata compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Onychogalea	Cuscuta
Species	Onychogalea lunata	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).