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Caluromyinae Temporal range: Burdigalian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Caluromyinae Kirsch, 1977
Type genus
Caluromys J.A. Allen, 1900
Genera
Caluromys Caluromysiops †Pachybiotherium
Synonyms
Caluromyidae Kirsch & Reig, 1977 Glironiinae Hershkovitz, 1992

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. It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae.

Classification

Classification based on Voss and Jansa (2009)

• 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. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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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