Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Variable Webcap

Thylamys elegans compared with Cortinarius anomalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Variable Webcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Didelphidae	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Cortinarius
Species	Thylamys elegans	Cortinarius anomalus

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Variable Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Variable Webcap
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 Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.