Chestnut dunnart vs Lanceleaf rattlebox

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Crotalaria lanceolata

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Lanceleaf rattlebox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Lanceleaf rattlebox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Crotalaria
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Crotalaria lanceolata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Lanceleaf rattlebox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Lanceleaf rattlebox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lanceleaf rattlebox

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.