Chestnut dunnart vs Onion Earthball

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Scleroderma cepa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Onion Earthball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Sclerodermataceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Scleroderma
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Scleroderma cepa

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Onion Earthball

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Onion Earthball
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Onion Earthball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.