Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Floating Fern

Dasycercus blythi compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Salvinia
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.