Chestnut dunnart vs Light Bossé

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Leplaea cedrata

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Light Bossé is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Light Bossé
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Meliaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Leplaea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Leplaea cedrata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Light Bossé

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Light Bossé
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Light Bossé

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.