Brush-tailed Mulgara vs

Dasycercus blythi compared with Vibrio cholerae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Brush-tailed Mulgara
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Gammaproteobacteria (Gammaproteobacteria)
Order Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia) Enterobacterales (Enterobacterales)
Family Dasyuridae Vibrionaceae
Genus Dasycercus Vibrio
Species Dasycercus blythi Vibrio cholerae

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Mexico), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji), and South America (6 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.

Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped, highly motile aquatic bacterium and the causative agent of pandemic cholera disease in humans. It inhabits coastal estuaries, river deltas, and warm marine environments, often associated with plankton, particularly copepods. This facultatively anaerobic bacterium spreads through contaminated water and food, causing severe watery diarrhea with major public health impact.

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