Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Prickly Heath

Dasycercus blythi compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Gaultheria
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.