Chestnut dunnart vs Red flour beetle

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Tribolium castaneum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Red flour beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Red flour beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Dasyuridae	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Tribolium
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Tribolium castaneum

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut dunnart and Red flour beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Red flour beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Red flour beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red flour beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

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.