Fat-tailed false antechinus vs Hairy indigo

Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis compared with Indigofera hirsuta

Key Differences

• Fat-tailed false antechinus is Least Concern while Hairy indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed false antechinus	Hairy indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Pseudantechinus	Indigofera
Species	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis	Indigofera hirsuta

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Hairy indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fat-tailed false antechinus	Hairy indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy indigo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay).