Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Fiveangled dodder

Thylamys elegans compared with Cuscuta pentagona

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Fiveangled dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fiveangled dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Didelphidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Cuscuta
Species	Thylamys elegans	Cuscuta pentagona

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Fiveangled dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fiveangled dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).