Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Small Pond-Lily

Thylamys elegans compared with Nuphar microphylla

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Small Pond-Lily is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Small Pond-Lily
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Опоссумы)	Nymphaeales (кувшинкоцветные)
Family	Didelphidae	Nymphaeaceae
Genus	Thylamys	Nuphar
Species	Thylamys elegans	Nuphar microphylla

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Small Pond-Lily

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Small Pond-Lily
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Small Pond-Lily

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.