Black-shouldered Opossum vs lignum vitae

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Didelphidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Guaiacum
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	lignum vitae
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.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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