Cape fox vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Vulpes chama compared with Thylamys elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape fox	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Didelphidae
Genus	Vulpes (Foxes)	Thylamys
Species	Vulpes chama	Thylamys elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Cape fox and Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Cape fox

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cape fox

The Cape fox (Vulpes chama) is a species in the genus Vulpes. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.