Chestnut dunnart vs Indian toothcup

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Rotala indica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Indian toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Indian toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Lythraceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Rotala
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Rotala indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Indian toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Indian toothcup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indian toothcup

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Uzbekistan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.