Gray Slender Opossum vs Narrow swordfern

Marmosops incanus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Gray Slender Opossum is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Nephrolepis
Species	Marmosops incanus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Slender Opossum	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).