Chestnut dunnart vs Lapland Reedgrass

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Calamagrostis lapponica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Lapland Reedgrass is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Lapland Reedgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Calamagrostis
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Calamagrostis lapponica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Lapland Reedgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Lapland Reedgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lapland Reedgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.