New Guinean Quoll vs Variable Abalone

Dasyurus albopunctatus compared with Haliotis varia

Key Differences

• New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened while Variable Abalone is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Guinean Quoll	Variable Abalone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Dasyuridae	Haliotidae
Genus	Dasyurus	Haliotis
Species	Dasyurus albopunctatus	Haliotis varia

Evolutionary Relationship

New Guinean Quoll and Variable Abalone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Variable Abalone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Guinean Quoll	Variable Abalone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable Abalone

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Sri Lanka and Taiwan.