Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Jalapan Vole

Thylamys elegans compared with Microtus quasiater

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Jalapan Vole is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Jalapan Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Didelphidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Thylamys	Microtus
Species	Thylamys elegans	Microtus quasiater

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Jalapan Vole

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jalapan Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.