blue mud-plantain vs koala

Heteranthera limosa compared with Phascolarctos cinereus

Key Differences

blue mud-plantain is Not Evaluated while koala is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blue mud-plantain	koala
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Commelinales (Bộ Thài lài)	Diprotodontia (Thú hai răng trước)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)
Genus	Heteranthera	Phascolarctos (Koalas)
Species	Heteranthera limosa	Phascolarctos cinereus

Conservation Status

blue mud-plantain

NE — Not Evaluated

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blue mud-plantain	koala
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	75 cm
Average Weight	—	10.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

blue mud-plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

koala

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found in Australia. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

blue mud-plantain

The Blue Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa) is a species in the genus Heteranthera. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Iconic marsupial of eastern and southeastern Australia, koalas weigh up to 15 kg and spend up to 22 hours daily sleeping to conserve energy from their low-calorie eucalyptus leaf diet. Highly specialized to process toxic eucalyptus compounds that would kill most other mammals, they have gut microbiomes uniquely adapted for detoxification. Listed as Endangered in 2022, with populations decimated by chlamydia disease, habitat clearing, and climate change.