Katung Fa vs Dusky Slender Opossum

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Marmosops fuscatus

Key Differences

Katung Fa is Least Concern while Dusky Slender Opossum is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Dusky Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Apocynaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Alstonia	Marmosops
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Marmosops fuscatus

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Slender Opossum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Dusky Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.