Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs

Thylamys elegans compared with Hemiselmis anomala

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cryptophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cryptophyceae (Cryptophyceae)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Pyrenomonadales (Pyrenomonadales)
Family	Didelphidae	Chroomonadaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Hemiselmis
Species	Thylamys elegans	Hemiselmis anomala

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Hemiselmis anomala is a unicellular cryptomonad alga found in marine and estuarine environments, characterised by its asymmetric, kidney-shaped cell and two unequal flagella for swimming. It contains phycobilin pigments allowing photosynthesis and plays a role in marine and coastal primary production. Cryptomonads like this species are significant contributors to phytoplankton communities in diverse aquatic habitats.