Annual Mugwort vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Artemisia annua compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

• Annual Mugwort is Not Evaluated while Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Mugwort	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Didelphidae
Genus	Artemisia	Thylamys
Species	Artemisia annua	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

Annual Mugwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Mugwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (4 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Annual Mugwort

The Annual Mugwort (Artemisia annua) is a species in the genus Artemisia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.