Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Lemon grass

Dasycercus blythi compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Lemon grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Dasycercus	Cymbopogon
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Lemon grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lemon grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

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.