Chestnut dunnart vs Fly marsh elder

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Iva cheiranthifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Fly marsh elder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Fly marsh elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dasyuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Iva
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Iva cheiranthifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Fly marsh elder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Fly marsh elder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fly marsh elder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.

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.