Chestnut dunnart vs Lemon grass

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Lemon grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Lemon grass
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	Cymbopogon
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Lemon grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 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.