Woolly opossum

Woolly opossums
Woolly opossum with juvenile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Subfamily: Caluromyinae
Genus: Caluromys
J.A.Allen, 1900
Type species
Didelphis philander
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

The three species in the genus Caluromys, commonly known as woolly opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia.

Species and Subspecies

References

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