Narrow-headed Slender Opossum vs Prickly Heath

Marmosops cracens compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Didelphidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Gaultheria
Species	Marmosops cracens	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.