Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Forest Bead-string

Thylamys elegans compared with Alchornea hirtella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Forest Bead-string
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Alchornea
Species	Thylamys elegans	Alchornea hirtella

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Forest Bead-string

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Forest Bead-string
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Forest Bead-string

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.