Chestnut dunnart vs Southern Cut Grass

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Leersia hexandra

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Southern Cut Grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Southern Cut Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Leersia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Leersia hexandra

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Southern Cut Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Southern Cut Grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Southern Cut Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, Haiti), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (5 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.