Black-shouldered Opossum vs snow buttercup

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Ranunculus nivalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	snow buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Didelphidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Ranunculus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Ranunculus nivalis

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

snow buttercup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	snow buttercup
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.

snow buttercup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden.

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.