Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Pine

Thylamys elegans compared with Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Dacrycarpus
Species	Thylamys elegans	Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Fiji and United States.