Black-shouldered Opossum vs red-cedar

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Didelphidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Trichilia
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	red-cedar
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.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.