Black-shouldered Opossum vs Garden Orpine

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Hylotelephium telephium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Garden Orpine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Didelphidae	Crassulaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Hylotelephium
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Hylotelephium telephium

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Garden Orpine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Garden Orpine
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.

Garden Orpine

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.