One-striped opossum vs rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Monodelphis unistriata compared with Galium tricornutum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank One-striped 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 Monodelphis Galium
Species Monodelphis unistriata Galium tricornutum

Conservation Status

One-striped opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute One-striped opossum rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
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Habitat & Geographic Range

One-striped opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

One-striped opossum

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rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

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