Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Iberian Shrew

Thylamys elegans compared with Sorex granarius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Iberian Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Didelphidae	Soricidae
Genus	Thylamys	Sorex
Species	Thylamys elegans	Sorex granarius

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Iberian Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Iberian Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.