Delicate Slender Opossum vs Gray Field Slug

Marmosops parvidens compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	Gray Field Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Didelphidae	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Marmosops	Deroceras
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Deroceras reticulatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Delicate Slender Opossum and Gray Field Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Gray Field Slug
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.

Gray Field Slug

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 Africa (South Africa), Asia (Israel, Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).