Chestnut dunnart vs mountain melick

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Melica nutans

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while mountain melick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	mountain melick
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	Melica
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Melica nutans

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

mountain melick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	mountain melick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mountain melick

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, 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.