Foxtail flatsedge vs Ooldea dunnart

Cyperus alopecuroides compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Foxtail flatsedge	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Cyperaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cyperus	Sminthopsis
Species	Cyperus alopecuroides	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Foxtail flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Foxtail flatsedge	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Foxtail flatsedge

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Egypt, Greece, Japan, and United States.

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.