Black-shouldered Opossum vs screw-pine

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Pandanus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	screw-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Didelphidae	Pandanaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Pandanus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Pandanus spiralis

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

screw-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	screw-pine
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.

screw-pine

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.