Chestnut dunnart vs Dwarf Water Clover

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Marsilea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.