Chestnut dunnart vs Slash pine

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Slash pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Slash pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

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.