Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Hairy-nosed otter

Thylamys elegans compared with Lutra sumatrana

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Hairy-nosed otter is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Hairy-nosed otter
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Didelphidae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Thylamys	Lutra (Otters)
Species	Thylamys elegans	Lutra sumatrana

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Hairy-nosed otter share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-nosed otter

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Hairy-nosed otter
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy-nosed otter

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.