woolly opossum
{{Short description|Genus of marsupials}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Woolly opossums
| image = Woolly opossum.jpg
| image_caption = Woolly opossum with juvenile
| taxon = Caluromys
| authority = J. A. Allen, 1900
| type_species = Didelphis philander
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
The three species in the genus Caluromys, commonly known as woolly opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia.
Species and subspecies
- Subgenus Mallodelphys
- Derby's woolly opossum, Caluromys derbianus
- Caluromys derbianus aztecus
- Caluromys derbianus centralis
- Caluromys derbianus derbianus
- Caluromys derbianus fervidus
- Caluromys derbianus nauticus
- Caluromys derbianus pallidus
- Brown-eared woolly opossum, Caluromys lanatus
- Caluromys lanatus cicur
- Caluromys lanatus lanatus
- Caluromys lanatus nattereri
- Caluromys lanatus ochropus
- Caluromys lanatus orntus
- Caluromys lanatus vitalinus
- Subgenus Caluromys
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander
- Caluromys philander affinis
- Caluromys philander dichurus
- Caluromys philander philander
- Caluromys philander trinitatis
References
- {{MSW3 Didelphimorphia | id = 10400004 | pages = 3–4 | heading = Genus Caluromys}}
{{Didelphimorphia|C.}}
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Category:Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen
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