Chestnut dunnart vs Silkrubber

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Funtumia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.