Lagos-rubber vs Northern Bettong

Funtumia africana compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Lagos-rubber is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lagos-rubber	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Apocynaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Funtumia	Bettongia
Species	Funtumia africana	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lagos-rubber	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.

Northern Bettong

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.