Chestnut dunnart vs Cornish heath

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Erica vagans

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Cornish heath is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Cornish heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Erica
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Erica vagans

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Cornish heath

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Cornish heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cornish heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.