Desert Rat-kangaroo vs Ferny Azolla

Caloprymnus campestris compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Desert Rat-kangaroo is Extinct while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Rat-kangaroo	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Potoroidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Caloprymnus	Azolla
Species	Caloprymnus campestris	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Desert Rat-kangaroo

EX — Extinct

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Rat-kangaroo	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Rat-kangaroo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).