Black-shouldered Opossum vs erect spiderling

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Boerhavia erecta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	erect spiderling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Didelphidae	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Boerhavia
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Boerhavia erecta

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

erect spiderling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	erect spiderling
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.

erect spiderling

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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