Handley s Slender Opossum vs Tickclover

Marmosops handleyi compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

Handley s Slender Opossum is Critically Endangered while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Handley s Slender Opossum	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Desmodium
Species	Marmosops handleyi	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Handley s Slender Opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Handley s Slender Opossum	Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).