Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Elastic grass

Dasycercus blythi compared with Eragrostis tenuifolia

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while Elastic grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Elastic grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Dasycercus	Eragrostis
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Eragrostis tenuifolia

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Elastic grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Elastic grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elastic grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.