vs Little long-tailed dunnart

Disciseda bovista compared with Sminthopsis dolichura

Key Differences

• is Critically Endangered while Little long-tailed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Little long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Disciseda	Sminthopsis
Species	Disciseda bovista	Sminthopsis dolichura

Conservation Status

CR — Critically Endangered

Little long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Little long-tailed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Little long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.