Marsh fleabane vs Ornate Cuscus

Pluchea carolinensis compared with Phalanger ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Marsh fleabane	Ornate Cuscus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Phalangeridae
Genus	Pluchea	Phalanger
Species	Pluchea carolinensis	Phalanger ornatus

Conservation Status

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Cuscus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Marsh fleabane	Ornate Cuscus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Ornate Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.