Garden sorrel vs Gray Mouse Opossum

Rumex acetosa compared with Tlacuatzin canescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden sorrel	Gray Mouse Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Polygonaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Rumex	Tlacuatzin
Species	Rumex acetosa	Tlacuatzin canescens

Conservation Status

Garden sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Gray Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden sorrel	Gray Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden sorrel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).