Brown-eared Woolly Opossum vs Dwarf eelgrass

Caluromys lanatus compared with Zostera japonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Dwarf eelgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Didelphidae	Zosteraceae
Genus	Caluromys	Zostera
Species	Caluromys lanatus	Zostera japonica

Conservation Status

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Dwarf eelgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

The Brown-eared Woolly Opossum (Caluromys lanatus) is a species in the genus Caluromys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.