Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Slender Cyperus

Dasycercus blythi compared with Cyperus distans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Slender Cyperus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasyuridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Cyperus
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Cyperus distans

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Slender Cyperus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Slender Cyperus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender Cyperus

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.