Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Gray-winged Cotinga

Thylamys elegans compared with Tijuca condita

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Gray-winged Cotinga is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Gray-winged Cotinga
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Didelphidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Thylamys	Tijuca
Species	Thylamys elegans	Tijuca condita

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Gray-winged Cotinga share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Gray-winged Cotinga

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Gray-winged Cotinga
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gray-winged Cotinga

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.