Chestnut dunnart vs Oily Pectis

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Pectis tenuifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Oily Pectis is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Oily Pectis
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	Pectis
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Pectis tenuifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Oily Pectis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Oily Pectis
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Oily Pectis

Habitat

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

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.