Buff tailed bumblebee vs Chestnut dunnart

Bombus terrestris compared with Sminthopsis archeri

Key Differences

• Buff tailed bumblebee is Least Concern while Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff tailed bumblebee	Chestnut dunnart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Apidae (Bees)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Bombus	Sminthopsis
Species	Bombus terrestris	Sminthopsis archeri

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff tailed bumblebee and Chestnut dunnart share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Buff tailed bumblebee

LC — Least Concern

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff tailed bumblebee	Chestnut dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff tailed bumblebee

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Sri Lanka), Europe (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buff tailed bumblebee

The Buff Tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) is a species in the genus Bombus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are als

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.