Dusky Slender Opossum vs Floating Fern

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Salvinia
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).