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
Caluromys derbianus Caluromys lanatus Caluromys philander

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

Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Genus Caluromys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant Didelphimorphia (Opossums) species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

Caluromys (Woolly opossums)	Subgenus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus) Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)

Caluromysiops	Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)

Glironia	Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys	Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis)

Chironectes	Water opossum (C. minimus)

Cryptonanus	Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)

Didelphis (Large American opossums)	White-eared opossum (D. albiventris) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) Common opossum (D. marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)

Gracilinanus	Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)

Hyladelphys	Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)

Lestodelphys	Patagonian opossum (L. halli)

Lutreolina	Lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata)

Marmosa (Mouse opossums)	Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)

Marmosops	Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus	Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)

Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums)	Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi) Marajó short-tailed opossum (M. maraxina) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata) Reig's opossum (M. reigi) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi) Chestnut-striped opossum (M. rubida) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops) Southern red-sided opossum (M. sorex) Southern three-striped opossum (M. theresa) Red three-striped opossum (M. umbristriata) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)

Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums)	Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)

Thylamys	Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)

Tlacuatzin	Gray mouse opossum (T. canescens)

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