Brush-tailed Mulgara vs White Star Apple

Dasycercus blythi compared with Gambeya albida

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern while White Star Apple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Mulgara	White Star Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Dasycercus	Gambeya
Species	Dasycercus blythi	Gambeya albida

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

White Star Apple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Mulgara	White Star Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Star Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.