Arrocillo vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Paspalum paniculatum compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrocillo	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Didelphidae
Genus	Paspalum	Thylamys
Species	Paspalum paniculatum	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

Arrocillo

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrocillo

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arrocillo

The Arrocillo, Paspalum paniculatum, is a species. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.