Carpentarian dunnart vs Tickclover

Sminthopsis butleri compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Carpentarian dunnart is Vulnerable while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carpentarian dunnart	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Desmodium
Species	Sminthopsis butleri	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Carpentarian dunnart

VU — Vulnerable

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carpentarian dunnart	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carpentarian dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.