Chestnut dunnart vs wall scalewort

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Porella platyphylla

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while wall scalewort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	wall scalewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Porellaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Porella
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Porella platyphylla

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

wall scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	wall scalewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wall scalewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (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.