Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs False Lupin

Thylamys elegans compared with Thermopsis montana

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False Lupin
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Thermopsis
Species	Thylamys elegans	Thermopsis montana

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

False Lupin

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False Lupin
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 Lupin

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Finland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.