Chestnut dunnart vs Short Pipe-Wort

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Eriocaulon truncatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Short Pipe-Wort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Short Pipe-Wort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Eriocaulaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Eriocaulon
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Eriocaulon truncatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Short Pipe-Wort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Short Pipe-Wort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Short Pipe-Wort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Singapore, 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.