Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Dune Dandelion

Dasycercus blythi compared with Taraxacum dunense

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while Dune Dandelion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Dune Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dasyuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Dasycercus	Taraxacum
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Taraxacum dunense

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Dune Dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Dune Dandelion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dune Dandelion

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.