vs Long-tailed dunnart

Entoloma queletii compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Key Differences

  • is Near Threatened while Long-tailed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family Entolomataceae Dasyuridae
Genus Entoloma Sminthopsis
Species Entoloma queletii Sminthopsis longicaudata

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-tailed dunnart
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Entoloma queletii is an agaric fungus in the family Entolomataceae, assessed as Near Threatened (NT). It is found in nutrient-poor, unfertilised grasslands, a declining habitat type across Europe. Its near-threatened status reflects the loss of old, traditionally managed grasslands.

Long-tailed dunnart

No description available.

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