Chestnut dunnart vs Red ash

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Alphitonia excelsa

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Red ash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Red ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Alphitonia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Alphitonia excelsa

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Red ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Red ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, Papua New Guinea, 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.