Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Thylamys elegans compared with Marmosa murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Linnaeus's mouse opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order same	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family same	Didelphidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Thylamys	Marmosa
Species	Thylamys elegans	Marmosa murina

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Linnaeus's mouse opossum share a common ancestor at the Family level: Didelphidae.

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Linnaeus's mouse opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Linnaeus's mouse opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.