Chestnut dunnart vs Shoebutton

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Ardisia elliptica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Shoebutton is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Shoebutton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Primulaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Ardisia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Ardisia elliptica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Shoebutton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shoebutton

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Norway), North America (8 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Samoa).

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.