Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs False widow

Thylamys elegans compared with Steatoda bipunctata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False widow
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Didelphidae	Theridiidae
Genus	Thylamys	Steatoda
Species	Thylamys elegans	Steatoda bipunctata

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and False widow share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

False widow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False widow
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 widow

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).