Chestnut dunnart vs Melancholy Thistle

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Cirsium heterophyllum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Melancholy Thistle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Melancholy Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dasyuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Cirsium
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Cirsium heterophyllum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Melancholy Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Melancholy Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Melancholy Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 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.