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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Caluromyinae is a subfamily of opossums. It includes the extant genera Caluromys and Caluromysiops, as well as the extinct Pachybiotherium. Until recently, the genus Glironia was also included. [2] It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae. [1]
Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene. They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail. Family: Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Caluromyinae. Genus: Caluromys. Derby's woolly opossum, C ...
Family Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily Caluromyinae. Genus Caluromysiops. Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta) Genus Caluromys (woolly opossum) Subgenus Caluromys. Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys. Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus) Brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus ...