Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Silver wattle

Dasycercus blythi compared with Acacia dealbata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Brush-tailed Mulgara Silver wattle
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Dasyuridae Fabaceae
Genus Dasycercus Acacia
Species Dasycercus blythi Acacia dealbata

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Silver wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Silver wattle

No description available.

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