brackish river prawn vs Long-tailed dunnart

Macrobrachium macrobrachion compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brackish river prawn	Long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Decapoda (Decapoda)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Palaemonidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Macrobrachium	Sminthopsis
Species	Macrobrachium macrobrachion	Sminthopsis longicaudata

Evolutionary Relationship

brackish river prawn and Long-tailed dunnart share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

brackish river prawn

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brackish river prawn	Long-tailed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brackish river prawn

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Found in United States.

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

brackish river prawn

The Brackish river prawn (Macrobrachium macrobrachion) is a species in the genus Macrobrachium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.