Caluromyinae

Caluromyinae[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Caluromyinae; Kirsch, 1977
Genera
	Caluromys; Caluromysiops; † Pachybiotherium

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)
- Genus Caluromysiops
  - Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta)
- Genus †Pachybiotherium
  - †Pachybiotherium acclinum

References

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.
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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[MSW3-1] 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.

[VnJ2009-2] 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.