Chestnut dunnart vs Cylindrical Prickly Pear

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Opuntia curassavica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Cylindrical Prickly Pear is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Cylindrical Prickly Pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Opuntia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Opuntia curassavica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Cylindrical Prickly Pear

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Cylindrical Prickly Pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cylindrical Prickly Pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.