Gray Slender Opossum vs Pitch canker

Marmosops incanus compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Didelphidae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Fusarium
Species	Marmosops incanus	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pitch canker

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, and United States.