Chestnut dunnart vs Ferny Azolla

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Azolla
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.