Dwarf Water Clover vs Fat-tailed false antechinus

Marsilea minuta compared with Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Marsileaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Marsilea	Pseudantechinus
Species	Marsilea minuta	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).