Easter cassia vs Northern Bettong

Senna pendula compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

Easter cassia is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Easter cassia	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Fabaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Senna	Bettongia
Species	Senna pendula	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Easter cassia

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Easter cassia	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Easter cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Portugal), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).