Field sowthistle vs Gray Mouse Opossum

Sonchus arvensis compared with Tlacuatzin canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Field sowthistle	Gray Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Didelphidae
Genus	Sonchus	Tlacuatzin
Species	Sonchus arvensis	Tlacuatzin canescens

Conservation Status

Field sowthistle

LC — Least Concern

Gray Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Field sowthistle	Gray Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Field sowthistle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, Mozambique), Asia (7 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Chile).