Woolly opossum
Encyclopedia
The three species in the genus
Caluromys, commonly known as woolly opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia
order
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Caluromys, commonly known as woolly opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia
Didelphimorphia
Opossums make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia opossum was the first animal to be...
order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
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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 OpossumBrown-eared Woolly OpossumThe Brown-eared Woolly Opossum , also known as the Western Woolly Opossum, is a woolly opossum species from South America...
, Caluromys lanatus- Caluromys lanatus cicur
- Caluromys lanatus lanatus
- Caluromys lanatus nattereri
- Caluromys lanatus ochropus
- Caluromys lanatus orntus
- Caluromys lanatus vitalinus
- Derby's Woolly Opossum, Caluromys derbianus
- Subgenus Caluromys
- Bare-tailed Woolly OpossumBare-tailed Woolly OpossumThe bare-tailed woolly opossum , also called the white-eared opossum, is an opossum species from South America. Its range includes Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela...
, Caluromys philander- Caluromys philander affinis
- Caluromys philander dichurus
- Caluromys philander philander
- Caluromys philander trinitatis
- Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum