Ooldea dunnart vs slender thistle

Sminthopsis ooldea compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Ooldea dunnart is Least Concern while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.