Chestnut dunnart vs prickly paperbark

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Melaleuca styphelioides

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while prickly paperbark is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	prickly paperbark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Melaleuca
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Melaleuca styphelioides

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

prickly paperbark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	prickly paperbark
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

prickly paperbark

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, and South Africa.

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.