Chestnut dunnart vs Vegetable fern

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Diplazium
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.