New Guinean Quoll vs Northern Gracile Opossum

Dasyurus albopunctatus compared with Gracilinanus marica

Key Differences

• New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened while Northern Gracile Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Guinean Quoll	Northern Gracile Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Dasyuridae	Didelphidae
Genus	Dasyurus	Gracilinanus
Species	Dasyurus albopunctatus	Gracilinanus marica

Evolutionary Relationship

New Guinean Quoll and Northern Gracile Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Northern Gracile Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Guinean Quoll	Northern Gracile Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Northern Gracile Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.