Beach-tea vs Hooded red-sided opossum

Croton punctatus compared with Monodelphis palliolata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach-tea	Hooded red-sided opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Croton	Monodelphis
Species	Croton punctatus	Monodelphis palliolata

Conservation Status

Beach-tea

LC — Least Concern

Hooded red-sided opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach-tea	Hooded red-sided opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach-tea

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Hooded red-sided opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Beach-tea

The Beach-tea (Croton punctatus) is a species in the genus Croton. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.