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Anderson's four-eyed opossum (Philander andersoni) is an opossum species from South America. [2] It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Its dorsal fur is dark, with a black stripe, about 3–4 cm wide, going vertically down the midline of its back. Its dorsal fur is short, about 10 mm long.
Brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus myosuros) Tribe Didelphini. Genus Chironectes. Yapok or water opossum (Chironectes minimus) Genus Lutreolina. Massoia's lutrine opossum (Lutreolina massoia) Big lutrine opossum or thick-tailed opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata) Genus Philander (gray and black four-eyed opossum) Anderson's four-eyed opossum ...
Sepia short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis adusta LR/lc; Emilia's short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis emiliae VU; Osgood's short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis osgoodi VU; Genus: Philander. Anderson's four-eyed opossum, Philander andersoni LR/lc; Gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum LR/lc; Genus: Thylamys. White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum ...
Bishop's slender opossum; Black four-eyed opossum; Black-shouldered opossum; Brazilian gracile opossum; Brazilian slender opossum; Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown-eared woolly opossum; Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum; Bushy-tailed opossum
Andean white-eared opossum; Anderson's four-eyed opossum; B. Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum; Black four-eyed opossum; Black-shouldered opossum; Brown four-eyed opossum;
The gray four-eyed opossum has an omnivorous diet containing fruits, nectar, insects, small mammals (such as mice), birds, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, snails, and earthworms. [6] Its diet varies depending on the season. [6] With such a varied diet, the gray four-eyed opossum will both encounter and eat venomous snakes.
The order Didelphimorphia consists of one family, Didelphidae, which is divided into the subfamilies Caluromyinae, Glironiinae, Hyladelphinae, and Didelphinae.Caluromyinae contains 4 species in 2 genera, Glironiinae and Hyladelphinae each contain a single species, and Didelphinae contains 87 species in 14 genera, as well as the extinct red-bellied gracile opossum, which was last seen in 1962.
[1] [2] The body length ranges from 265 to 280 mm (10.4 to 11.0 in) with the tail length ranging from 275 to 300 mm (10.8 to 11.8 in). [1] Three other species are known to occur close to this species's range: Anderson's four-eyed opossum, McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum, and the common four-eyed opossum.