Dwarf Water Clover vs Gray Mouse Opossum

Marsilea minuta compared with Tlacuatzin canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Gray Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Marsileaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Marsilea	Tlacuatzin
Species	Marsilea minuta	Tlacuatzin canescens

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Gray Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Gray Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).