Narrow-headed Slender Opossum vs rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Marmosops cracens compared with Galium tricornutum

Key Differences

• Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Didelphidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Galium
Species	Marmosops cracens	Galium tricornutum

Conservation Status

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
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.

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Qatar), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.