Dusky Slender Opossum vs Hard Alectryon

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Key Differences

• Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while Hard Alectryon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Didelphidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Alectryon
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	Hard Alectryon
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.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.