Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Fatmucket

Thylamys elegans compared with Lampsilis siliquoidea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fatmucket
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Unionida (Unionida)
Family	Didelphidae	Unionidae
Genus	Thylamys	Lampsilis
Species	Thylamys elegans	Lampsilis siliquoidea

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Fatmucket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fatmucket

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.