Black-shouldered Opossum vs Spring Sowbread

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Cyclamen repandum

Key Differences

• Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern while Spring Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Spring Sowbread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Didelphidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Cyclamen
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Cyclamen repandum

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Spring Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Spring Sowbread
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.

Spring Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.