Black-shouldered Opossum vs telinga-potato

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	telinga-potato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Didelphidae	Araceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Amorphophallus
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

telinga-potato

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	telinga-potato
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.

telinga-potato

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Seychelles, Taiwan, and Tonga.

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.