Deviltree vs Northern Bettong

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Deviltree is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deviltree	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Apocynaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Alstonia	Bettongia
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deviltree	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Northern Bettong

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.