Chestnut dunnart vs fat duckweed

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Araceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Lemna
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, 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.