Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Fall Boneset

Thylamys elegans compared with Eupatorium serotinum

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Fall Boneset is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fall Boneset
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Didelphidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Thylamys	Eupatorium
Species	Thylamys elegans	Eupatorium serotinum

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Fall Boneset

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fall Boneset
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fall Boneset

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Canada, Sweden, and United States.