Gray Slender Opossum vs wire crabgrass

Marmosops incanus compared with Digitaria longiflora

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Slender Opossum	wire crabgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Didelphidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Marmosops	Digitaria
Species	Marmosops incanus	Digitaria longiflora

Conservation Status

Gray Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

wire crabgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wire crabgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia), and South America (4 countries).