Chestnut dunnart vs Poison Sumac

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Toxicodendron vernix

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Poison Sumac is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Poison Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Toxicodendron
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Toxicodendron vernix

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Poison Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Poison Sumac
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poison Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.