Balloon vine vs Chestnut dunnart

Cardiospermum halicacabum compared with Sminthopsis archeri

Key Differences

• Balloon vine is Not Evaluated while Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balloon vine	Chestnut 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	Cardiospermum	Sminthopsis
Species	Cardiospermum halicacabum	Sminthopsis archeri

Conservation Status

Balloon vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balloon vine	Chestnut dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balloon vine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Balloon vine

The Balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) is a species in the genus Cardiospermum. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.