Dusky Slender Opossum vs Turmeric

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Curcuma longa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Slender Opossum	Turmeric
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Didelphidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Curcuma
Species	Marmosops fuscatus	Curcuma longa

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Turmeric

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	Turmeric
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.

Turmeric

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).