Delicate Slender Opossum vs Gambia-pea

Marmosops parvidens compared with Crotalaria goreensis

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while Gambia-pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Gambia-pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Gambia-pea
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.

Gambia-pea

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (India, Malaysia, Taiwan), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Guyana).