Big-eared opossum vs White leadtree

Didelphis aurita compared with Leucaena leucocephala

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared opossum	White leadtree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Didelphidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Didelphis	Leucaena
Species	Didelphis aurita	Leucaena leucocephala

Conservation Status

Big-eared opossum

LC — Least Concern

White leadtree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared opossum	White leadtree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White leadtree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (49 countries), Asia (25 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (19 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (11 countries).

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.