Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Leaf blight

Thylamys elegans compared with Xanthomonas oryzae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Leaf blight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gammaproteobacteria (Gammaproteobacteria)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Xanthomonadales (Xanthomonadales)
Family	Didelphidae	Xanthomonadaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Xanthomonas
Species	Thylamys elegans	Xanthomonas oryzae

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Leaf blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leaf blight

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.