Greenleaf ticktrefoil vs Panama Slender Opossum

Desmodium intortum compared with Marmosops invictus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	Panama Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Fabaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Desmodium	Marmosops
Species	Desmodium intortum	Marmosops invictus

Conservation Status

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Panama Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greenleaf ticktrefoil	Panama Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Colombia).