Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs

Thylamys elegans compared with Nitzschia angularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Bacillariales (Bacillariales)
Family	Didelphidae	Bacillariaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Nitzschia
Species	Thylamys elegans	Nitzschia angularis

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Nitzschia angularis is an elongated, pennate freshwater diatom with angular poles and a distinctive raphe positioned along the keel of the frustule. It inhabits eutrophic to mesotrophic freshwater environments including rivers, ponds, and nutrient-enriched lakes. This photosynthetic diatom is associated with moderately enriched freshwater conditions.