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--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caluromyinae
--> GENUS Caluromys
--> SUBGENUS Caluromys
SPECIES Caluromys (Caluromys) philander
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 54. | Common Name: | Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum | Type Locality: | "America;" restricted to Surinam (Thomas, 1911a). | Distribution: | Venezuela (including Margarita Isl), Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, and E Bolivia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Caluromys. Didelphys longicaudata Pelzeln, 1883, and D. macrura Pelzeln, 1883 (not D. macrura Olfers, 1818 [= Thylamy macrura]) are nomina nuda; dichrura Schinz, 1844, dichrura Cabrera, 1919, and dichrurus Vieira, 1953, are incorrect subsequent spellings of dichura Wagner. |
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