Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs North American Badger

Thylamys elegans compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	North American Badger
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Didelphidae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Thylamys	Taxidea
Species	Thylamys elegans	Taxidea taxus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.