Greenleaf ticktrefoil vs New Guinean Quoll

Desmodium intortum compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

Greenleaf ticktrefoil is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Desmodium	Dasyurus
Species	Desmodium intortum	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).