Alston s Cotton Rat vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Sigmodon alstoni compared with Thylamys elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alston s Cotton Rat	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Rodentia (hewan pengerat)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Cricetidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Sigmodon	Thylamys
Species	Sigmodon alstoni	Thylamys elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Alston s Cotton Rat and Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamalia)

Conservation Status

Alston s Cotton Rat

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alston s Cotton Rat	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alston s Cotton Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alston s Cotton Rat

The Alston s Cotton Rat (Sigmodon alstoni) is a species in the genus Sigmodon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.