Chestnut dunnart vs Downy Safflower

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dasyuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Carthamus
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.