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Woolly opossums

Woolly opossum with juvenile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Caluromyinae
Genus:	Caluromys J. A. Allen, 1900
Type species
Didelphis philander Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Caluromys derbianus Caluromys lanatus Caluromys philander

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, Caluromys derbianus
  - Caluromys derbianus aztecus
  - Caluromys derbianus centralis
  - Caluromys derbianus derbianus
  - Caluromys derbianus fervidus
  - Caluromys derbianus nauticus
  - Caluromys derbianus pallidus
- Brown-eared woolly opossum, Caluromys lanatus
  - Caluromys lanatus cicur
  - Caluromys lanatus lanatus
  - Caluromys lanatus nattereri
  - Caluromys lanatus ochropus
  - Caluromys lanatus orntus
  - Caluromys lanatus vitalinus
Subgenus Caluromys
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander
  - Caluromys philander affinis
  - Caluromys philander dichurus
  - Caluromys philander philander
  - Caluromys philander trinitatis

References

Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Genus Caluromys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

Caluromys
(Woolly opossums)

Subgenus Caluromys: Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander)

Subgenus Mallodelphys: Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus); Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)

Caluromysiops

Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys	Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. formosa)
Chironectes	Water opossum (C. minimus)
Cryptonanus	Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
Didelphis (Large American opossums)	White-eared opossum (D. albiventris) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) Common opossum (D. marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
Gracilinanus	Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus) Peruvian opossum (G. peruanus)
Lestodelphys	Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
Lutreolina (Little water opossums)	Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata) Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
Marmosa (Mouse opossums)	Adler's mouse opossum (M. adleri) Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae) Northwestern mouse opossum (M. germana) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica) Jansa's woolly mouse opossum (M. jansae) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. macrotarsus) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina) Nicaraguan woolly mouse opossum (M. nicaraguae) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus) Peruvian woolly mouse opossum (M. parda) Anthony's woolly mouse opossum (M. perplexa) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus) Bolivian woolly mouse opossum (M. rapposa) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. rutteri) Simons's woolly mouse opossum (M. simonsi) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana) Waterhouse's mouse opossum (M. waterhousei) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila) Zeledon's mouse opossum (M. zeledoni)
Marmosops (Slender opossums)	Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi) Carr's slender opossum (M. carri) Cauca slender opossum (M. caucae) Cordillera slender opossum (M. chucha) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis) Rio Magdalena slender opossum (M. magdalenae) Silva's slender opossum (M. marina) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus) Spectacled slender opossum (M. ocellatus) Ojasti's slender opossum (M. ojastii) Pantepui slender opossum (M. pakaraimae) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi) Soini's slender opossum (M. soinii) Woodall's slender opossum (M. woodalli)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus (Brown four- eyed opossums)	Aritana's brown four-eyed opossum (M. aritanai) Common brown four-eyed opossum (M. myosuros) Guianan brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums)	Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana) Arlindo's short-tailed opossum (M. arlindoi) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae) Gardner's short-tailed opossum (M. gardneri) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina) Handley's short-tailed opossum (M. handleyi) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata) Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. pinocchio) Reig's opossum (M. reigi) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi) Saci short-tailed opossum (M. saci) Santa Rosa short-tailed opossum (M. sanctaerosae) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops) Touan short-tailed opossum (M. touan) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata) Voss's short-tailed opossum (M. vossi)
Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums)	Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni) Common four-eyed opossum (P. canus) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi) Dark four-eyed opossum (P. melanurus) Black four-eyed opossum (P. nigratus) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum) Pebas four-eyed opossum (P. pebas) Southern four-eyed opossum (P. quica) Northern four-eyed opossum (P. vossi)
Thylamys (Fat-tailed mouse opossums)	Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
Tlacuatzin (Grey mouse opossums)	Balsas gray mouse opossum (T. balsasensis) Tehuantepec gray mouse opossum (T. canescens) Yucatan gray mouse opossum (T. gaumeri) Tres Marias gray mouse opossum (T. insularis) Northern gray mouse opossum (T. sinaloae)

Subfamily Glironiinae

Glironia	Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Hyladelphinae

Hyladelphys	Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)

Taxon identifiers
Caluromys	Wikidata: Q1478025 Wikispecies: Caluromys ADW: Caluromys BOLD: 70989 CoL: 3G2L EoL: 13110 GBIF: 2439991 iNaturalist: 42542 IRMNG: 1435710 ITIS: 552385 MSW: 10400004 NCBI: 42712 Open Tree of Life: 606433 Paleobiology Database: 39952

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