Dashed Slender Robberfly vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Leptogaster guttiventris compared with Thylamys elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dashed Slender Robberfly	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Asilidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Leptogaster	Thylamys
Species	Leptogaster guttiventris	Thylamys elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Dashed Slender Robberfly and Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dashed Slender Robberfly

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dashed Slender Robberfly	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dashed Slender Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.