Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Mexican cottontail

Thylamys elegans compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Didelphidae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Thylamys	Sylvilagus
Species	Thylamys elegans	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.