Dusky Slender Opossum vs fat duckweed

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Didelphidae	Araceae
Genus	Marmosops	Lemna
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	fat duckweed
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.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia