Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Speckled Script-Lichen

Thylamys elegans compared with Schismatomma ricasolii

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Speckled Script-Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Speckled Script-Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Arthoniomycetes (Arthoniomycetes)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Arthoniales (Arthoniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Roccellaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Schismatomma
Species	Thylamys elegans	Schismatomma ricasolii

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Speckled Script-Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Speckled Script-Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Speckled Script-Lichen