Chestnut dunnart vs Desert Indigo

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Indigofera brevidens

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Desert Indigo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Desert Indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Indigofera
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Indigofera brevidens

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Desert Indigo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Desert Indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Desert Indigo

Habitat

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

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.