Alectryon vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Alectryon tropicus compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Sapindaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Alectryon	Thylamys
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.