Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Horsetail

Dasycercus blythi compared with Equisetum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Equisetaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Equisetum
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Equisetum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Horsetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horsetail

Habitat

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

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.