Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Papuan bandicoot

Thylamys elegans compared with Microperoryctes papuensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Papuan bandicoot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Didelphidae	Peramelidae
Genus	Thylamys	Microperoryctes
Species	Thylamys elegans	Microperoryctes papuensis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Papuan bandicoot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Papuan bandicoot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.