Chestnut dunnart vs Gunpowder tree

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Melochia umbellata

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Gunpowder tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Melochia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Melochia umbellata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Gunpowder tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gunpowder tree

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

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, 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.