Black-shouldered Opossum vs devil's-tongue cactus

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Ferocactus latispinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	devil's-tongue cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Didelphidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Ferocactus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Ferocactus latispinus

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

devil's-tongue cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	devil's-tongue cactus
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.

devil's-tongue cactus

Habitat

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

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.