vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Aphanocapsa sideroderma compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Microcystaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Aphanocapsa	Thylamys
Species	Aphanocapsa sideroderma	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Aphanocapsa sideroderma is a unicellular cyanobacterium forming colonial aggregates in gelatinous sheaths with iron-encrusted outer layers. It inhabits iron-rich freshwater environments including springs, streams, and wetlands. This photosynthetic bacterium produces energy through oxygenic photosynthesis and contributes to biofilm formation on iron-rich substrates.