Java plum vs New Guinean Quoll

Syzygium cumini compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Java plum is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Java plum	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Myrtaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Syzygium	Dasyurus
Species	Syzygium cumini	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Java plum	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 countries).

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.