Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Sargent Cherry

Thylamys elegans compared with Prunus sargentii

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Sargent Cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Sargent Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Thylamys	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Thylamys elegans	Prunus sargentii

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Sargent Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sargent Cherry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.