Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain vs Gray Slender Opossum

Heteranthera dubia compared with Marmosops incanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Gray Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Heteranthera	Marmosops
Species	Heteranthera dubia	Marmosops incanus

Conservation Status

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Gray Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.