Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Needle Rust

Thylamys elegans compared with Chrysomyxa ledi

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Needle Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Coleosporiaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Chrysomyxa
Species	Thylamys elegans	Chrysomyxa ledi

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Needle Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Needle Rust

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).