Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Thylamys elegans compared with Chaerephon gallagheri

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat
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	Molossidae
Genus	Thylamys	Chaerephon
Species	Thylamys elegans	Chaerephon gallagheri

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gallagher's Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.