Chestnut dunnart vs High mallow

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Malva sylvestris

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while High mallow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	High mallow
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	Malva
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Malva sylvestris

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

High mallow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	High mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

High mallow

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

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.