Chestnut dunnart vs Dense-flowered Fumitory

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Fumaria densiflora

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Dense-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Dense-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Fumaria
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Fumaria densiflora

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Dense-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Dense-flowered Fumitory
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dense-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.