Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Natal plum

Dasycercus blythi compared with Carissa macrocarpa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Natal plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Carissa
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Carissa macrocarpa

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Natal plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Natal plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Natal plum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.