Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Crested Oval Sedge

Dasycercus blythi compared with Carex cristatella

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while Crested Oval Sedge is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Crested Oval Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Carex
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Carex cristatella

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Crested Oval Sedge

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Crested Oval Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Crested Oval Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Brush-tailed Mulgara

The Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) is a species in the genus Dasycercus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.