False Dotted Border vs New Guinean Quoll

Belenois thysa compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• False Dotted Border is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Dotted Border	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Pieridae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Belenois	Dasyurus
Species	Belenois thysa	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

False Dotted Border and New Guinean Quoll share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Dotted Border	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.