Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs puma

Thylamys elegans compared with Puma concolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	puma
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Didelphidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Thylamys	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Thylamys elegans	Puma concolor

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.