Deltaic four-eyed opossum

{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pérez-Hernandez, R. |author2=Ventura, J. |author3=López Fuster, M. |date=2016 |title=Philander deltae |volume=2016 |page=e.T136227A22177383 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136227A22177383.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Philander

| species = deltae

| authority = Lew et al., 2006

| range_map = Philander deltae area.png

| range_map_caption = Deltaic four-eyed opossum range

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The deltaic four-eyed opossum or delta opossum (Philander deltae) is a species of opossum found in the Orinoco River delta region of Venezuela, South America, first described in 2006. It inhabits perennially flooded swamp forest or seasonally flooded marsh forest of the adjacent deltas of the Orinoco and nearby rivers. Its dorsal fur is gray. Its ventral fur is cream-colored, but is restricted by the hairs on the sides, which are gray at the base. Its ears are colored only along the margins. The spots above its eyes are small. The spots behind its ears are small and inconspicuous.{{Cite book

| last = Gardner | first = Alfred L.

| title = Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats

| publisher = University of Chicago Press | year = 2008 | pages = 669

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dbU3d7EUCm8C

| isbn = 978-0-226-28240-4}}