Chestnut dunnart vs Pacific false buttonweed

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Spermacoce exilis

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Pacific false buttonweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Pacific false buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Spermacoce
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Spermacoce exilis

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Pacific false buttonweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Pacific false buttonweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pacific false buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Singapore, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (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.