cow-itch vs Delicate Slender Opossum

Mucuna pruriens compared with Marmosops parvidens

Key Differences

• cow-itch is Not Evaluated while Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cow-itch	Delicate Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Mucuna	Marmosops
Species	Mucuna pruriens	Marmosops parvidens

Conservation Status

cow-itch

NE — Not Evaluated

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cow-itch	Delicate Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cow-itch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇻🇪 Venezuela