Chestnut dunnart vs Red-knotgrass

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Polygonum patulum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Red-knotgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Red-knotgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Polygonum
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Polygonum patulum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Red-knotgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Red-knotgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red-knotgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

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.