Chestnut dunnart vs cylindrical cone

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Conus cylindraceus

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while cylindrical cone is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	cylindrical cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Dasyuridae	Conidae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Conus
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Conus cylindraceus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut dunnart and cylindrical cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

cylindrical cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	cylindrical cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cylindrical cone

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Solomon Islands).

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.