Black-shouldered Opossum vs Elephant Palm

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Didelphidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Borassus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Elephant Palm
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 Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

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.