Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Ray

Thylamys elegans compared with Atlantoraja castelnaui

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Ray is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Ray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Didelphidae	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Thylamys	Atlantoraja
Species	Thylamys elegans	Atlantoraja castelnaui

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Ray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Ray

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ray