Brush-tailed Mulgara vs Stinking Slime Truffle

Dasycercus blythi compared with Melanogaster ambiguus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Stinking Slime Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Paxillaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Melanogaster
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Melanogaster ambiguus

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Slime Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	Stinking Slime Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Slime Truffle

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, 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.