Black-shouldered Opossum vs Elephant Apple

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Didelphidae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Dillenia
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Elephant Apple
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.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, 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.