vs Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Hemiselmis amylifera compared with Monodelphis osgoodi

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Osgoods short-tailed opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Kingdom	Chromista (Chromista)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cryptophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cryptophyceae (Cryptophyceae)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pyrenomonadales (Pyrenomonadales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Chroomonadaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Hemiselmis	Monodelphis
Species	Hemiselmis amylifera	Monodelphis osgoodi

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hemiselmis amylifera is a small, biflagellate cryptophyte alga found in marine and brackish coastal waters. Like other members of the genus Hemiselmis, it contains phycobiliprotein pigments and is a component of nanoplankton communities.