Chestnut dunnart vs Sapele

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Meliaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Entandrophragma
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.