Brown-eared Woolly Opossum vs Spathulate Botrychium

Caluromys lanatus compared with Botrychium spathulatum

Key Differences

• Brown-eared Woolly Opossum is Least Concern while Spathulate Botrychium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Spathulate Botrychium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Didelphidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Caluromys	Botrychium
Species	Caluromys lanatus	Botrychium spathulatum

Conservation Status

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Spathulate Botrychium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-eared Woolly Opossum	Spathulate Botrychium
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.

Spathulate Botrychium

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, 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.