Fat-tailed false antechinus vs Wormwood Plume

Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis compared with Hellinsia lienigianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fat-tailed false antechinus	Wormwood Plume
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Dasyuridae	Pterophoridae
Genus	Pseudantechinus	Hellinsia
Species	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis	Hellinsia lienigianus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed false antechinus and Wormwood Plume share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Wormwood Plume

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wormwood Plume

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (23 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).