Chestnut dunnart vs Elephant Apple

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Dillenia indica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Elephant Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Dillenia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.