Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Toupeira

Thylamys elegans compared with Talpa occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Toupeira
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Didelphidae	Talpidae
Genus	Thylamys	Talpa
Species	Thylamys elegans	Talpa occidentalis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Toupeira

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Toupeira

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.