Elbowpatch Crust vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Fomitiporia punctata compared with Thylamys elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elbowpatch Crust	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hymenochaetales (Hymenochaetales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Hymenochaetaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Fomitiporia	Thylamys
Species	Fomitiporia punctata	Thylamys elegans

Conservation Status

Elbowpatch Crust

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elbowpatch Crust

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.