Black-shouldered Opossum vs Flat Wrack

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Didelphidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Fucus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Flat Wrack
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.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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.