Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Floating Bur-Reed

Dasycercus blythi compared with Sparganium fluctuans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Floating Bur-Reed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Typhaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Sparganium
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Sparganium fluctuans

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Floating Bur-Reed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Floating Bur-Reed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Bur-Reed

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.