Cupped Ear vs New Guinean Quoll

Otidea cantharella compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Cupped Ear is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Otideaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Otidea	Dasyurus
Species	Otidea cantharella	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.