Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs Palawan Fruit Bat

Thylamys elegans compared with Acerodon leucotis

Key Differences

• Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern while Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Palawan Fruit Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class same	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Didelphidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Thylamys	Acerodon
Species	Thylamys elegans	Acerodon leucotis

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and Palawan Fruit Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	Palawan Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Palawan Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.