Fruit Fly vs Long-tailed dunnart

Urophora cardui compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fruit Fly	Long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Tephritidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Urophora	Sminthopsis
Species	Urophora cardui	Sminthopsis longicaudata

Evolutionary Relationship

Fruit Fly and Long-tailed dunnart share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Fruit Fly

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fruit Fly	Long-tailed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fruit Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.