Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Hairy-footed dunnart

Thylamys elegans compared with Sminthopsis hirtipes

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Hairy-footed dunnart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Didelphidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Thylamys	Sminthopsis
Species	Thylamys elegans	Sminthopsis hirtipes

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-footed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Hairy-footed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy-footed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.