Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Painted Woolly Bat

Thylamys elegans compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Didelphidae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Thylamys	Kerivoula
Species	Thylamys elegans	Kerivoula picta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.