New Guinean Quoll vs Yellow Dodder

Dasyurus albopunctatus compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

  • New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank New Guinean Quoll Yellow Dodder
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Solanales (Solanales)
Family Dasyuridae Convolvulaceae
Genus Dasyurus Cuscuta
Species Dasyurus albopunctatus Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute New Guinean Quoll Yellow Dodder
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

New Guinean Quoll

No description available.

Yellow Dodder

No description available.

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