Biology:Caluromyinae

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Caluromyinae is a subfamily of opossums. It includes the extant genera Caluromys and Caluromysiops, as well as the extinct Pachybiotherium. Until recently, the genus Glironia was also included.[1] It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae.[2]

Classification

Classification based on Voss and Jansa (2009)[1]

  • Subfamily Caluromyinae
    • Genus Caluromys
      • Subgenus Caluromys
        • Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander)
      • Subgenus Mallodelphys
        • Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
        • Brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus)
    • Genus Caluromysiops
      • Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta)
    • Genus †Pachybiotherium
      • Pachybiotherium acclinum

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Voss, Robert S.; Jansa, Sharon A. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 322: 1–177. doi:10.1206/322.1. 
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