Chestnut dunnart vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dasyuridae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Artibeus
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Artibeus lituratus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut dunnart and Great Fruit-eating Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.