Carpentarian dunnart vs Floating Fern

Sminthopsis butleri compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Carpentarian dunnart is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carpentarian dunnart	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Salvinia
Species	Sminthopsis butleri	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Carpentarian dunnart

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carpentarian dunnart	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carpentarian dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Carpentarian dunnart

The Carpentarian Dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.