Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Maple

Thylamys venustus compared with Acer rubrum

Key Differences

• Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Data Deficient while Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Didelphidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Acer
Species	Thylamys venustus	Acer rubrum

Conservation Status

Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Maple
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.

Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia), Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Norway), 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.