Brush-tailed Mulgara vs root-eating beetle

Dasycercus blythi compared with Rhizophagus bipustulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	root-eating beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Dasyuridae	Monotomidae
Genus	Dasycercus	Rhizophagus
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Rhizophagus bipustulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Brush-tailed Mulgara and root-eating beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

root-eating beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	root-eating beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

root-eating beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.