Big-eared opossum vs Graceful sandmat

Didelphis aurita compared with Euphorbia hypericifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared opossum	Graceful sandmat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Didelphis	Euphorbia
Species	Didelphis aurita	Euphorbia hypericifolia

Conservation Status

Big-eared opossum

LC — Least Concern

Graceful sandmat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared opossum	Graceful sandmat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Graceful sandmat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Big-eared opossum

The Big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) is a species in the genus Didelphis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.