Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Northern Raphia

Dasycercus blythi compared with Raphia sudanica

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while Northern Raphia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Northern Raphia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Raphia
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Raphia sudanica

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Northern Raphia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Northern Raphia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Raphia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.