African amaranth vs Ooldea dunnart

Amaranthus muricatus compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Key Differences

• African amaranth is Not Evaluated while Ooldea dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African amaranth	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Amaranthus	Sminthopsis
Species	Amaranthus muricatus	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

African amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African amaranth	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African amaranth

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Israel), Europe (11 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

African amaranth

The African amaranth (Amaranthus muricatus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.