Carrion-Flower vs Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Smilax herbacea compared with Monodelphis osgoodi

Key Differences

• Carrion-Flower is Not Evaluated while Osgoods short-tailed opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Carrion-Flower	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Liliales (Liliales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Smilacaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Smilax	Monodelphis
Species	Smilax herbacea	Monodelphis osgoodi

Conservation Status

Carrion-Flower

NE — Not Evaluated

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Carrion-Flower	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carrion-Flower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carrion-Flower

The Carrion-flower (Smilax herbacea) is a species in the genus Smilax. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.