Garden sorrel vs Ooldea dunnart

Rumex acetosa compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden sorrel	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Polygonaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Rumex	Sminthopsis
Species	Rumex acetosa	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Garden sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden sorrel	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden sorrel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).