cheken vs Dusky Slender Opossum

Luma chequen compared with Marmosops fuscatus

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Dusky Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Myrtaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Luma	Marmosops
Species	Luma chequen	Marmosops fuscatus

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Dusky Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

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

Dusky Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.