marsh thistle vs Ooldea dunnart

Cirsium palustre compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	marsh thistle	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cirsium	Sminthopsis
Species	Cirsium palustre	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	marsh thistle	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

marsh thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.