Chestnut dunnart vs cush-cush

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Dioscorea trifida

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while cush-cush is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	cush-cush
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 trifida

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

cush-cush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	cush-cush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cush-cush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.