Gray Slender Opossum vs Water Chickweed

Marmosops incanus compared with Stellaria aquatica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	Water Chickweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Didelphidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Stellaria
Species	Marmosops incanus	Stellaria aquatica

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Water Chickweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water Chickweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.