Chestnut dunnart vs Red Rice

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Oryza punctata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Red Rice
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Oryza (Rice)
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Oryza punctata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Red Rice

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Rice

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India and Taiwan.

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.