Dusky Slender Opossum vs Dwarf Water Clover

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Marsilea minuta

Key Differences

• Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Marsilea
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).