Dusky Slender Opossum vs Goa-bean

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Psophocarpus
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	Goa-bean
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.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.