Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Jumping cholla

Dasycercus blythi compared with Cylindropuntia fulgida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Jumping cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Cactaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Cylindropuntia
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Cylindropuntia fulgida

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Jumping cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Jumping cholla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jumping cholla

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, United States, and Zimbabwe.

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.