Chestnut dunnart vs four-leaved mare's-tail

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Hippuris tetraphylla

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while four-leaved mare's-tail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	four-leaved mare's-tail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Hippuris
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Hippuris tetraphylla

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

four-leaved mare's-tail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	four-leaved mare's-tail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

four-leaved mare's-tail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.