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A common four-eyed opossum from Mato Grosso, Brazil. This species has grayish upperparts and buff-colored underparts. The upper parts are silver- and brownish-tipped but grayish overall, and the head is very dark brown. It has two patches of buff above either eye. The underparts are buff-colored near the stomach but whiter near the sides.
The nine species in the genus Philander, commonly known as gray and black four-eyed opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. Mature females have a well-developed marsupium . The tail appears to be hairless except for the proximal (closest to the body) 5 or 6 cm, which has a few long hairs.
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 ...
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The undersides are a yellowish color, extending onto the bottom of the jaw, the cheeks, and in front of the ears. It has two similarly yellowish-creamy-colored spots above each eye. The tail is hairless and black for roughly the basal half its length, and white for the distal half. The feet are pink. [4]
A dark four-eyed opossum in Colombia. This species ranges from 483 to 582 mm (19.0 to 22.9 in), averaging 527 mm (20.7 in). The tail makes up around 258.5 mm (10.18 in) of this length. [4] This species closely resembles the gray four-eyed opossum, but is darker overall, with a usually darker tail
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.