Chestnut dunnart vs Mouse barley

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Hordeum murinum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Mouse barley is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Mouse barley
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	Hordeum
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Hordeum murinum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Mouse barley

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Mouse barley
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mouse barley

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 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.