Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Elephant Apple

Dasycercus blythi compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Dillenia
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.