| Brown-eared woolly opossum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Scientific classification
|
| Kingdom:
|
Animalia
|
| Phylum:
|
Chordata
|
| Class:
|
Mammalia
|
| Infraclass:
|
Marsupialia
|
| Order:
|
Didelphimorphia
|
| Family:
|
Didelphidae
|
| Genus:
|
Caluromys
|
| Subgenus:
|
Mallodelphys
|
| Species:
|
C. lanatus
|
| Binomial name
|
Caluromys lanatus
|
| Subspecies
|
|
|
|
|
| Brown-eared woolly opossum range
|
| Synonyms
|
- Didelphys lanata Illiger, 1815 nomen nudum
- Didelphys lanata Olfers, 1818
- Philander lanata (Olfers, 1818)
- Didelphis lanigera Desmarest, 1820
- Didelphys lanigera (Desmarest, 1820)
- Micoureus lanigera (Desmarest, 1820)
- Didelphys (Philander) lanigera (Desmarest, 1820)
- Caluromys laniger (Desmarest, 1820)
- Philander laniger (Desmarest, 1820)
- Didelphys ochropus Wagner, 1842
- Didelphys (Philander) laniger ochropus Wagner, 1842
- Caluromys ochropus (Wagner, 1842)
- Didelphis (Micoureus) ochropus (Wagner, 1842)
- Philander laniger ochropus (Wagner, 1842)
- Mallodelphis lanigera ochropus (Wagner, 1842)
- Caluromys laniger ochropus (Wagner, 1842)
- Didelphys ornata Tschudi, 1845
- Philander ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Didelphys (Philander) laniger ornata Tschudi, 1845
- Caluromys derbianus ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Caluromys ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Didelphys (Philander) laniger ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Philander laniger ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Didelphis (Micoureus) ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Caluromys laniger ornatus (Tschudi, 1845)
- Philander cicur Bangs, 1898
- Didelphys (Philander) cicur (Bangs, 1898)
- Caluromys cicur (Bangs, 1898)
- Caluromys laniger cicur (Bangs, 1898)
- Philander laniger cicur Bangs, 1898
- Philander laniger jivaro O. Thomas, 1913
- Caluromys laniger jivaro (O. Thomas, 1913)
- Didelphis (Micoureus) meridensis Matschie, 1917
- Didelphis (Micoureus) cahyensis Matschie, 1917
- Didelphis (Micoureus) nattereri Matschie, 1917
- Mallodelphis lanigera nattereri (Matschie, 1917)
- Didelphis (Micoureus) juninensis Matschie, 1917
- Didelphis (Micoureus) bartletti Matschie, 1917
- Mallodelphis lanigera hemiura A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936
- Mallodelphis lanigera modesta A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936
- Mallodelphis lanigera vitalina A. Miranda-Ribeiro
- Philander calmensis C. O. C. Vieira, 1955
|
The brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus), also known as the western woolly opossum, is an opossum from South America. It was first described by German naturalist Ignaz von Olfers in 1818. The opossum is characterized by a brown to reddish brown coat and similarly colored limbs, yellow to orange underbelly, hairless, brown ears with a hint of pink, and a tail furred on the back for up to half of its length. The brown-eared woolly opossum is nocturnal (active mainly at night), solitary and omnivorous. The IUCN lists it as least concern.