Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Variable Dancer

Thylamys elegans compared with Argia fumipennis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Variable Dancer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Didelphidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Thylamys	Argia
Species	Thylamys elegans	Argia fumipennis

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Variable Dancer share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Variable Dancer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Variable Dancer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Variable Dancer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.