Chestnut dunnart vs Drooping Tonguefern

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Elaphoglossum herminieri

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Drooping Tonguefern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Drooping Tonguefern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Elaphoglossum
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Elaphoglossum herminieri

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Drooping Tonguefern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.