Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs False Flasks

Thylamys elegans compared with Pertusaria propinqua

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while False Flasks is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False Flasks
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Pertusariales (Pertusariales)
Family	Didelphidae	Pertusariaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Pertusaria
Species	Thylamys elegans	Pertusaria propinqua

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

False Flasks

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False Flasks
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Flasks

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.