Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Poplar Borer

Thylamys elegans compared with Saperda calcarata

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Poplar Borer is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Poplar Borer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Didelphidae	Cerambycidae
Genus	Thylamys	Saperda
Species	Thylamys elegans	Saperda calcarata

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Poplar Borer share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Poplar Borer

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Poplar Borer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.