Formosan koa vs Long-nosed Echymipera

Acacia confusa compared with Echymipera rufescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Formosan koa	Long-nosed Echymipera
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Acacia	Echymipera
Species	Acacia confusa	Echymipera rufescens

Conservation Status

Formosan koa

LC — Least Concern

Long-nosed Echymipera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Formosan koa	Long-nosed Echymipera
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Formosan koa

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Palau).