Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Malayan Water Shrew

Thylamys elegans compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Malayan Water Shrew
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	Soricidae
Genus	Thylamys	Chimarrogale
Species	Thylamys elegans	Chimarrogale hantu

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.