Fat-tailed false antechinus vs pignut

Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed false antechinus	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Pseudantechinus	Mesosphaerum
Species	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.