Brown-eared Woolly Opossum vs Red Balau

Caluromys lanatus compared with Shorea carapae

Key Differences

• Brown-eared Woolly Opossum is Least Concern while Red Balau is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Didelphidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Caluromys	Shorea
Species	Caluromys lanatus	Shorea carapae

Conservation Status

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Red Balau
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.

Red Balau

Habitat

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

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.