New Guinean Quoll vs Thatching grass

Dasyurus albopunctatus compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Guinean Quoll	Thatching grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Dasyurus	Hyparrhenia
Species	Dasyurus albopunctatus	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Guinean Quoll	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).