Black-shouldered Opossum vs Hopea Heavy

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Hopea iriana

Key Differences

• Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern while Hopea Heavy is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Hopea Heavy
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Didelphidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Hopea
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Hopea iriana

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Hopea Heavy

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Hopea Heavy
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.

Hopea Heavy

Habitat

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

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.