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Caluromys
Allen, 1900
- woolly opossums
(mammal)
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Entity:
Caluromyinae (Subfamily)
..Caluromysiops (Genus) - black-shouldered opossum
..Glironia (Genus) - bushy-tailed opossums
..†Pachybiotherium (Genus)
..Caluromys (Genus) - woolly opossums
....Caluromys (Subgenus)
....Mallodelphys (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
J.A. Allen, 1900
Original name
:
Allen, J.A. 1900:189.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Caluromyinae
(Subfamily)
Kirsch & Reig, 1977
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Caluromys
(Subgenus)
Allen, 1900
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Didelphis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Synonymous name
:
Philander
(Genus)
Burmeister, 1856
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Including
:
Mallodelphys
(Genus)
(Thomas, 1920) Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
Mallodelphys
(Subgenus)
Thomas, 1920
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wolhaarbuidelratten
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
woolly opossums
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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