Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Ungava collared lemming

Thylamys elegans compared with Dicrostonyx hudsonius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Ungava collared lemming
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Didelphidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Thylamys	Dicrostonyx
Species	Thylamys elegans	Dicrostonyx hudsonius

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Ungava collared lemming share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Ungava collared lemming

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Ungava collared lemming
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ungava collared lemming

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.