Desert Bandicoot vs Lagos-rubber

Perameles eremiana compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Desert Bandicoot is Extinct while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Bandicoot	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Peramelidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Perameles	Funtumia
Species	Perameles eremiana	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Desert Bandicoot

EX — Extinct

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Bandicoot	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Bandicoot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.