Delicate Slender Opossum vs Light Red Meranti

Marmosops parvidens compared with Shorea lepidota

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while Light Red Meranti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Didelphidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Shorea
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Shorea lepidota

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Light Red Meranti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Light Red Meranti
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.

Light Red Meranti

Habitat

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