Brush-tailed Mulgara vs

Dasycercus blythi compared with Physarum viride

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Brush-tailed Mulgara
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Mycetozoa
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Physarales (Physarales)
Family Dasyuridae Physaraceae
Genus Dasycercus Physarum
Species Dasycercus blythi Physarum viride

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Physarum viride is a vibrantly coloured myxomycete (slime mould) producing small, bright yellow-green sporangia on decaying organic matter including dead wood, leaves, and litter in forest habitats. Like all Physarum species, it spends part of its life as a multinucleate plasmodium that creeps across substrates to engulf food particles. This species is found in moist woodlands across temperate and tropical zones.

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