Chestnut dunnart vs Mountain yam

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Dioscorea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

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.