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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.
Anderson's four-eyed opossum; Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum; B. ... Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown-eared woolly opossum; Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum;
The gray four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum) is an opossum species found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil, at altitudes from sea level to 1600 m, [2] but generally below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). [3]
Anderson's four-eyed opossum; B. Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum; Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown-eared woolly opossum; Bushy-tailed opossum; C. Common opossum; D.
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. 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)
The extinct Thylophorops, the largest known opossum at 4–7 kg (8.8–15.4 lb), was a macropredator. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Most opossums are scansorial , well-adapted to life in the trees or on the ground, but members of the Caluromyinae and Glironiinae are primarily arboreal, whereas species of Metachirus , Monodelphis , and to a lesser degree ...
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 ...