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The three species in the genus Caluromys, commonly known as woolly opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. Species and subspecies. Subgenus Mallodelphys.
The bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) is an opossum from South America.It was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The bare-tailed woolly opossum is characterized by a gray head, brown to gray coat, orange to gray underside and a partially naked tail.
Derby's woolly opossum is the largest in its genus, with a total length of 60 to 70 centimetres (24 to 28 in) and weight between 200 and 400 grams (7.1 and 14.1 oz). The coat is brown and the underside white-buff to golden-brown. The opossum is nocturnal (active mainly at night), arboreal (tree-living) and solitary.
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Didelphimorphia is an order of marsupial mammals.Members of this order are called didelphimorphs, or opossums.They are primarily found in South America, though some are found in Central America and Mexico and one, the Virginia opossum, ranges into the United States and Canada.
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[63] [64] South Carolina cuisine includes opossum, [65] and President Jimmy Carter hunted opossums [66] [67] in addition to other small game. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] In Dominica , Grenada , Trinidad , Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , the common opossum or manicou is popular and can only be hunted during certain times of the year owing ...
The brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus), also known as the western woolly opossum, is an opossum from South America. It was first described by German naturalist Ignaz von Olfers in 1818. The opossum is characterized by a brown to reddish brown coat and similarly colored limbs, yellow to orange underbelly, hairless, brown ears with a ...
The bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum [2] (Marmosa regina) or short-furred woolly mouse opossum [1] is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. [2] Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.