Long-tailed dunnart vs Marsh Firetail

Sminthopsis longicaudata compared with Telebasis digiticollis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-tailed dunnart Marsh Firetail
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Insecta (Insects)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Odonata (Odonata)
Family Dasyuridae Coenagrionidae
Genus Sminthopsis Telebasis
Species Sminthopsis longicaudata Telebasis digiticollis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Firetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-tailed dunnart Marsh Firetail
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh Firetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Long-tailed dunnart

No description available.

Marsh Firetail

No description available.

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