Boodie vs Katung Fa

Bettongia lesueur compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Boodie is Near Threatened while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boodie	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Potoroidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Bettongia	Alstonia
Species	Bettongia lesueur	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Boodie

NT — Near Threatened

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boodie	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boodie

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

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.

Boodie

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.