Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Macroalgae

Thylamys elegans compared with Caulerpa brachypus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Macroalgae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Bryopsidales (Bryopsidales)
Family	Didelphidae	Caulerpaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Caulerpa
Species	Thylamys elegans	Caulerpa brachypus

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Macroalgae

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Macroalgae

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and United States.