Chickenweed vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Portulacaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Portulaca	Thylamys
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.