Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Florida arrowroot

Thylamys elegans compared with Zamia pumila

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Florida arrowroot is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Florida arrowroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Didelphidae	Zamiaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Zamia
Species	Thylamys elegans	Zamia pumila

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Florida arrowroot

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Florida arrowroot