Panama Slender Opossum vs Septicweed

Marmosops invictus compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Panama 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 invictus Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Panama Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Panama Slender Opossum Septicweed
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Panama Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).

Panama Slender Opossum

No description available.

Septicweed

No description available.

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