Black-shouldered Opossum vs utile

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Didelphidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Entandrophragma
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.