Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Fool's Webcap

Thylamys elegans compared with Cortinarius orellanus

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Fool's Webcap is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fool's Webcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Didelphidae	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Cortinarius
Species	Thylamys elegans	Cortinarius orellanus

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Fool's Webcap

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fool's Webcap
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fool's Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.