Emilia s Gracile Opossum vs Jio

Gracilinanus emiliae compared with Commelina benghalensis

Key Differences

• Emilia s Gracile Opossum is Data Deficient while Jio is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Emilia s Gracile Opossum	Jio
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Didelphidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Gracilinanus	Commelina
Species	Gracilinanus emiliae	Commelina benghalensis

Conservation Status

Emilia s Gracile Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Jio

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Emilia s Gracile Opossum	Jio
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Emilia s Gracile Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Jio

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela