Chestnut dunnart vs Water medick

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Medicago littoralis

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Water medick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Water medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasyuridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Medicago
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Medicago littoralis

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Water medick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Water medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water medick

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.