Chestnut dunnart vs Indian-laurel

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Litsea glutinosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Indian-laurel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Indian-laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Lauraceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Litsea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Litsea glutinosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Indian-laurel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Indian-laurel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian-laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa, and Taiwan.

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.