Delicate Slender Opossum vs Throat botfly

Marmosops parvidens compared with Gasterophilus nasalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum	Throat botfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Didelphidae	Oestridae
Genus	Marmosops	Gasterophilus
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Gasterophilus nasalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Delicate Slender Opossum and Throat botfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Throat botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum	Throat botfly
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.

Throat botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.