Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Fringed Myotis

Thylamys elegans compared with Myotis thysanodes

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Fringed Myotis
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Didelphidae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Thylamys	Myotis
Species	Thylamys elegans	Myotis thysanodes

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Fringed Myotis share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Myotis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fringed Myotis

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.