Chestnut dunnart vs Floating Fern

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.