Ebony Cup vs New Guinean Quoll

Pseudoplectania nigrella compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Ebony Cup is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Cup	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Sarcosomataceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Pseudoplectania	Dasyurus
Species	Pseudoplectania nigrella	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Ebony Cup

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Cup	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.