Lutreolina Thomas 1910 (lutrine opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Parent taxon: Didelphini according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996

See also Carroll 1988 and Springer et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Chironectes, Hyperdidelphys, Philander, Thylophorops

Subtaxa: Lutreolina biforata Lutreolina crassicaudata Lutreolina materdei Lutreolina tonnii Lutreolina tracheia

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (4 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (9)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (1)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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