Alectryon vs Little long-tailed dunnart

Alectryon tropicus compared with Sminthopsis dolichura

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Little long-tailed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Little long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Alectryon	Sminthopsis
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Sminthopsis dolichura

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Little long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Little long-tailed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Little long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.