Chestnut dunnart vs Woolly Tooth

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Phellodon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Woolly Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Woolly Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Phellodon
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Phellodon tomentosus

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Woolly Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Woolly Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.