Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Great Flying Fox

Thylamys elegans compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Great Flying Fox
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	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Thylamys	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Thylamys elegans	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.