Long-tailed dunnart vs Mantled Baskettail

Sminthopsis longicaudata compared with Epitheca semiaquea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-tailed dunnart Mantled Baskettail
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Insecta (Insects)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Odonata (Odonata)
Family Dasyuridae Corduliidae
Genus Sminthopsis Epitheca
Species Sminthopsis longicaudata Epitheca semiaquea

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed dunnart and Mantled Baskettail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Mantled Baskettail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-tailed dunnart Mantled Baskettail
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mantled Baskettail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Long-tailed dunnart

No description available.

Mantled Baskettail

No description available.

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