Chestnut dunnart vs Chinaroot

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Dioscorea villosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Chinaroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Chinaroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Dioscorea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Dioscorea villosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Chinaroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.