Delicate Slender Opossum vs false broom

Marmosops parvidens compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Delicate Slender Opossum false broom
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia) Poales (Grasses)
Family Didelphidae Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Marmosops Brachypodium
Species Marmosops parvidens Brachypodium sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Delicate Slender Opossum false broom
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

Delicate Slender Opossum

No description available.

false broom

No description available.

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