Chestnut dunnart vs Natal plum

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Natal plum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Natal plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Carissa
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Natal plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Natal plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Natal plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.