Gray Slender Opossum vs Pavement ant

Marmosops incanus compared with Tetramorium caespitum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	Pavement ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Didelphidae	Formicidae
Genus	Marmosops	Tetramorium
Species	Marmosops incanus	Tetramorium caespitum

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Slender Opossum and Pavement ant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Pavement ant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pavement ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).