Black-shouldered Opossum vs Ceylon-olive

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Elaeocarpus serratus

Key Differences

• Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern while Ceylon-olive is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Ceylon-olive
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Didelphidae	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Elaeocarpus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Elaeocarpus serratus

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Ceylon-olive

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Ceylon-olive
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-shouldered Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Ceylon-olive

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.

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.

Ceylon-olive

The Ceylon-Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus) is a species in the genus Elaeocarpus. Distributed across Brazil, Mauritius, and Taiwan.