Chestnut dunnart vs parrot's-flower

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Heliconia psittacorum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while parrot's-flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	parrot's-flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Heliconiaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Heliconia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Heliconia psittacorum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

parrot's-flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	parrot's-flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

parrot's-flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Saint Kitts and Nevis), 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.