Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Persistent Trillium

Thylamys elegans compared with Trillium persistens

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Persistent Trillium is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Persistent Trillium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Didelphidae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Trillium
Species	Thylamys elegans	Trillium persistens

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Persistent Trillium

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Persistent Trillium

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.