Black-shouldered Opossum vs Utteridge's rough tree fern

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Dicksonia utteridgei

Key Differences

• Black-shouldered Opossum is Least Concern while Utteridge's rough tree fern is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Utteridge's rough tree fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Cyatheales (Cyatheales)
Family	Didelphidae	Dicksoniaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Dicksonia
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Dicksonia utteridgei

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Utteridge's rough tree fern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Utteridge's rough tree fern
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.

Utteridge's rough tree fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.