Dusky Slender Opossum vs Lantana

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Lantana camara

Key Differences

• Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while Lantana is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	Lantana
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Verbenaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Lantana
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	Lantana
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.

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia