Fat-tailed false antechinus vs Ferny Azolla

Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed false antechinus	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Pseudantechinus	Azolla
Species	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed false antechinus	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).