Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Dwarf Water Clover

Thylamys venustus compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Data Deficient while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Marsilea
Species	Thylamys venustus	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

The Buff-Bellied Fat-Tailed Mouse Opossum (Thylamys venustus) is a species in the genus Thylamys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.