Chestnut dunnart vs elegant spike-rush

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Eleocharis elegans

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while elegant spike-rush is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	elegant spike-rush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Eleocharis
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Eleocharis elegans

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

elegant spike-rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	elegant spike-rush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

elegant spike-rush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and 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.