Chestnut dunnart vs toothcup

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Lythraceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Ammannia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), 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.