Buttonhead Pipewort vs Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Monodelphis osgoodi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Monodelphis
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Monodelphis osgoodi

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.