Delicate Slender Opossum vs Floating Fern

Marmosops parvidens compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Salvinia
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).