Ascending Grapefern vs Black-shouldered Opossum

Botrychium ascendens compared with Caluromysiops irrupta

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Black-shouldered Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Botrychium	Caluromysiops
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Caluromysiops irrupta

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Black-shouldered Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Black-shouldered Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Black-shouldered Opossum

The Black-shouldered Opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta) is a species in the genus Caluromysiops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.