Bettongie de Lesueur vs Deviltree

Bettongia lesueur compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Bettongie de Lesueur is Near Threatened while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bettongie de Lesueur	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Potoroidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Bettongia	Alstonia
Species	Bettongia lesueur	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Bettongie de Lesueur

NT — Near Threatened

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bettongie de Lesueur	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bettongie de Lesueur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

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 Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Bettongie de Lesueur

The Boodie (Bettongia lesueur) is a species in the genus Bettongia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.