Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs European Mole

Thylamys elegans compared with Talpa europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	European Mole
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	Talpidae
Genus	Thylamys	Talpa
Species	Thylamys elegans	Talpa europaea

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

European Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

European Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.