Dusky Slender Opossum vs ilima

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Sida cordifolia

Key Differences

Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while ilima is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	ilima
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Didelphidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Sida
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	ilima
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.

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).