Narrow-headed Slender Opossum vs sweet tanglehead

Marmosops cracens compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is Data Deficient while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Didelphidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Marmosops	Heteropogon
Species	Marmosops cracens	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-headed Slender Opossum	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.