Black-shouldered Opossum vs persimmon

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Diospyros kaki

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	persimmon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Didelphidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Diospyros
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Diospyros kaki

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

persimmon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	persimmon
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.

persimmon

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.