Buttonhead Pipewort vs Derby s Woolly Opossum

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Caluromys derbianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Derby s Woolly Opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (पादप)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Caluromys
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Caluromys derbianus

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Derby s Woolly Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Derby s Woolly Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

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

Derby s Woolly Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.