Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Round ray

Thylamys elegans compared with Irolita waitii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Round 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	Irolita
Species	Thylamys elegans	Irolita waitii

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Round ray

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Round 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.

Round ray