HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caluromyinae
--> GENUS Caluromys
--> SUBGENUS Mallodelphys
SPECIES Caluromys (Mallodelphys) derbianus
Author: | Waterhouse, 1841. | Citation: | Jardine's Natur. Libr., 11: 97. | Common Name: | Derby’s Woolly Opossum | Type Locality: | None given; restricted to Colombia, Cauca, Cauca Valley (Cabrera, 1958:2). | Distribution: | Mexico, Central America, W Colombia, and W Ecuador. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subgenus Mallodelphys. Reviewed by Bucher and Hoffmann (1980, Mammalian Species, 140). The name pulcher Matschie is based on a zoo specimen of unknown origin. |
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