Dusky Slender Opossum vs utile

Marmosops fuscatus compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Slender Opossum	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.