Annual Cosmos vs Delicate Slender Opossum

Cosmos bipinnatus compared with Marmosops parvidens

Key Differences

• Annual Cosmos is Not Evaluated while Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Cosmos	Delicate Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Didelphidae
Genus	Cosmos	Marmosops
Species	Cosmos bipinnatus	Marmosops parvidens

Conservation Status

Annual Cosmos

NE — Not Evaluated

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Cosmos	Delicate Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Cosmos

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Annual Cosmos

The Annual Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is a species in the genus Cosmos. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland en.