Gray Slender Opossum vs Marsh fleabane

Marmosops incanus compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Didelphidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Marmosops	Pluchea
Species	Marmosops incanus	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Slender Opossum	Marsh fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).