Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Elegant Water Shrew

Thylamys elegans compared with Nectogale elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Elegant Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Didelphidae	Soricidae
Genus	Thylamys	Nectogale
Species	Thylamys elegans	Nectogale elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.