Drummond's cinquefoil vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Potentilla drummondii compared with Thylamys elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drummond's cinquefoil	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Didelphidae
Genus	Potentilla	Thylamys
Species	Potentilla drummondii	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

Drummond's cinquefoil

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Drummond's cinquefoil	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drummond's cinquefoil

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.