Narrow-headed Slender Opossum vs smooth heliotrope

Marmosops cracens compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Didelphidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Heliotropium
Species	Marmosops cracens	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	smooth heliotrope
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.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).