Narrow-headed Slender Opossum vs Septicweed

Marmosops cracens compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	Septicweed
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	Senna
Species	Marmosops cracens	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	Septicweed
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.

Septicweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).