Gray Slender Opossum vs

Marmosops incanus compared with Nitzschia bacillum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Bacillariales (Bacillariales)
Family	Didelphidae	Bacillariaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Nitzschia
Species	Marmosops incanus	Nitzschia bacillum

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Nitzschia bacillum is a small, rod-shaped pennate diatom with a cylindrical outline and a keel-positioned raphe. It inhabits benthic substrates in rivers, streams, and lakes across temperate and subtropical regions worldwide. This photosynthetic diatom forms part of the attached microalgal biofilm community in diverse freshwater environments.