Chestnut dunnart vs Whitley’s cuttlefish

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Sepia whitleyana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Dasyuridae	Sepiidae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Sepia
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Sepia whitleyana

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut dunnart and Whitley’s cuttlefish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Whitley’s cuttlefish

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Whitley’s cuttlefish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Whitley’s cuttlefish

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.