Gray Slender Opossum vs Water spangles

Marmosops incanus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Salvinia
Species	Marmosops incanus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).