Caluromyinae
| Caluromyinae[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Subfamily: | Caluromyinae Kirsch, 1977 |
| Genera | |
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.[2] It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae.[1]
Classification
Classification based on Voss and Jansa (2009)[2]
- 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)
- Subgenus Caluromys
- Genus Caluromysiops
- Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta)
- Genus †Pachybiotherium
- Genus Caluromys
References
- ^ a b Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b 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. hdl:2246/5975. S2CID 85017821.
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