Chestnut dunnart vs Red ginger

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Alpinia purpurata

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Red ginger is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Red ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Alpinia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Alpinia purpurata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Red ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.