Chestnut dunnart vs five-leaf crotalaria

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

  • Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut dunnart five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Dasyuridae Fabaceae
Genus Sminthopsis Crotalaria
Species Sminthopsis archeri Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut dunnart five-leaf crotalaria
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

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.

five-leaf crotalaria

No description available.

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