Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs North American Badger

Thylamys elegans compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	North American Badger
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Didelphimorphia (负鼠目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Didelphidae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Thylamys	Taxidea
Species	Thylamys elegans	Taxidea taxus

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and North American Badger share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	North American Badger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.