Delicate Slender Opossum vs Fivefingers

Marmosops parvidens compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while Fivefingers is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	Fivefingers
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	Syngonium
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Fivefingers
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.

Fivefingers

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).