Black-shouldered Opossum vs Vegetable fern

Caluromysiops irrupta compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-shouldered Opossum	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Caluromysiops	Diplazium
Species	Caluromysiops irrupta	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black-shouldered Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-shouldered Opossum	Vegetable 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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.