Black-shouldered Opossum vs Trailing St. Johnswort

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Hypericum humifusum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Trailing St. Johnswort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Hypericum
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Hypericum humifusum

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Trailing St. Johnswort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Trailing St. Johnswort
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.

Trailing St. Johnswort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.