Handley s Slender Opossum vs mango-pine

Marmosops handleyi compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Handley s Slender Opossum is Critically Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Handley s Slender Opossum	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Didelphidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Barringtonia
Species	Marmosops handleyi	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Handley s Slender Opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Handley s Slender Opossum	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Handley s Slender Opossum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.