Common echymipera vs David's echymipera
The david's echymipera is heavier: 950 g against 782.2 g for the common echymipera, about 21% more.
Photo: Cabrera, Angel; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Spain); Spain. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a common echymipera and a david's echymipera?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The david's echymipera is heavier: 950 g against 782.2 g for the common echymipera, about 21% more.
- Both belong to the genus Echymipera, so they are close relatives.
- The common echymipera is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the david's echymipera is Endangered.
- They are on record for 1 of the same countries (the common echymipera for 1 in total, the david's echymipera for 1). Country data is incomplete and can include zoos, so this does not show whether they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Common echymipera | David's echymipera | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Echymipera kalubu | Echymipera davidi |
| Family | Peramelidae | Peramelidae |
| Order | Peramelemorphia | Peramelemorphia |
| Weight | 685 g – 1.17 kg | 817 g – 950 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 2.68 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Endangered |
| Countries recorded | 1 | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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