Chestnut dunnart vs yerba mate

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Ilex paraguariensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while yerba mate is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	yerba mate
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Ilex
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Ilex paraguariensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

yerba mate

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	yerba mate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

yerba mate

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Seychelles, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.