mainato-de-poupa vs Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

Acridotheres cristatellus compared with Monodelphis scalops

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	mainato-de-poupa	Long-nosed short-tailed opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Sturnidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Acridotheres	Monodelphis
Species	Acridotheres cristatellus	Monodelphis scalops

Evolutionary Relationship

mainato-de-poupa and Long-nosed short-tailed opossum share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

mainato-de-poupa

LC — Least Concern

Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	mainato-de-poupa	Long-nosed short-tailed opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

mainato-de-poupa

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore, United Arab Emirates), Europe (7 countries), and South America (Argentina, Bolivia).

Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mainato-de-poupa

O mainato-crestado (Acridotheres cristatellus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante na sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações de conservação imediatas.