Black-shouldered Opossum vs Crapemyrtle

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Lagerstroemia indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Crapemyrtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Didelphidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Lagerstroemia
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Lagerstroemia indica

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Crapemyrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Crapemyrtle
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.

Crapemyrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (Croatia, Portugal), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia