Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain vs Panama Slender Opossum

Heteranthera dubia compared with Marmosops invictus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Panama 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 invictus

Conservation Status

Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain

LC — Least Concern

Panama Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grass-Leaf Mud-Plantain	Panama 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.

Panama Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.