Fivefingers vs Northern Bettong

Syngonium angustatum compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Fivefingers is Not Evaluated while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fivefingers	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Araceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Syngonium	Bettongia
Species	Syngonium angustatum	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fivefingers	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Northern Bettong

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.