Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Lesser devilray

Thylamys elegans compared with Mobula kuhlii

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Lesser devilray is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Lesser devilray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Didelphidae	Myliobatidae
Genus	Thylamys	Mobula
Species	Thylamys elegans	Mobula kuhlii

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Lesser devilray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Lesser devilray

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser devilray