Chinaroot vs Gray Mouse Opossum

Dioscorea villosa compared with Tlacuatzin canescens

Key Differences

• Chinaroot is Not Evaluated while Gray Mouse Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinaroot	Gray Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Tlacuatzin
Species	Dioscorea villosa	Tlacuatzin canescens

Conservation Status

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinaroot	Gray Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinaroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Gray Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.