Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thylamys elegans
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Didelphimorphia
Family	Didelphidae

Where does the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Chile.

Chile

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum endangered?

The elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum?

The elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys elegans) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Thylamys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum

The elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys elegans), also known as the Chilean mouse opossum, is an opossum from central Chile. The type species of Thylamys, it was first described by English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse in 1839. This medium-sized opossum is characterized by black rings around the eyes, white limbs, gray to light brown coat, lighter flanks and underbelly and a thick 12.7–14.6 centimetres (5.0–5.7 in) long tail covered with hairs. It is crepuscular (active mainly around twilight) and lives in nests in tree hollows or under rocks and roots. This opossum feeds mainly on arthropods and larvae apart from fruits. Litter size is typically between 11 and 13. The elegant fat-tailed opossum can occur in a variety of habitats – from cloud forests to chaparrals. The IUCN classifies the opossum as least concern.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (revision 1378611193), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194410 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).