Delicate Slender Opossum vs fat duckweed

Marmosops parvidens compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Didelphidae	Araceae
Genus	Marmosops	Lemna
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	fat duckweed
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.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).