Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Thin Nut Truffle

Thylamys elegans compared with Hymenogaster tener

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Thin Nut Truffle is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Thin Nut Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Didelphidae	Hymenogastraceae
Genus	Thylamys	Hymenogaster
Species	Thylamys elegans	Hymenogaster tener

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Thin Nut Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Thin Nut Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thin Nut Truffle

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.