Chestnut dunnart vs Digitgrass

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Digitaria eriantha

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Digitgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Digitgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Digitaria
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Digitaria eriantha

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Digitgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Digitgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Digitgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, India), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, 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.