Chestnut dunnart
Sminthopsis archeri Van Dyck, 1986
The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia. Recorded adults weigh about 16 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the chestnut dunnart
- Weight
- 16 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 8.15src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the chestnut dunnart live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The chestnut dunnart is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the chestnut dunnart?
The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts of its body. The length from snout to tail is 167–210 mm, of which head to anus is 85–105 mm and tail is 82–105 mm long. The hind foot size is 17–20 mm, ear length is 17–21 mm and weight is 15–20 g.
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Is the chestnut dunnart endangered?
The chestnut dunnart is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.
How is the chestnut dunnart classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderDasyuromorphia
- familyDasyuridae
- genusSminthopsis
- SpeciesSminthopsis archeri Van Dyck, 1986
Other names and names in other languages (13)
- دنارت كستنائيArabic
- vakomyš kaštanováCzech
- Archers Schmalfuß-BeutelmausGerman
- Kastanienbraune Schmalfuß-BeutelmausGerman
- Streifen-RingelschwanzbeutlerGerman
- Ratón Marsupial CastañoSpanish
- Ratón marsupial marrón / Dunnart marrónSpanish
- capeyorkinpussikkoFinnish
- Souris Marsupiale DFrench
- Souris Marsupiale D´archerFrench
- クリイロスミントプシスJapanese
- grubogonik kasztanowyPolish
- Каштановая сумчатая мышьRussian
Relatives of the chestnut dunnart
Other species in the same genus Sminthopsis.
Fat-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis crassicaudata
Kangaroo island dunnart
Sminthopsis aitkeni
Stripe-faced dunnart
Sminthopsis macroura
Long-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis longicaudata
Sandhill dunnart
Sminthopsis psammophila
Julia Creek dunnart
Sminthopsis douglasi
CompareChestnut dunnart vs Fat-tailed dunnartChestnut dunnart vs Kangaroo island dunnartChestnut dunnart vs Stripe-faced dunnartChestnut dunnart vs Long-tailed dunnart
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chestnut dunnart?
An adult chestnut dunnart weighs 16 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the chestnut dunnart live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the chestnut dunnart for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the chestnut dunnart endangered?
The chestnut dunnart is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the chestnut dunnart?
The chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) belongs to the family Dasyuridae in the order Dasyuromorphia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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