Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Thylamys venustus compared with Cladonia pleurota

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Didelphidae	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Cladonia
Species	Thylamys venustus	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
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.

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.