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Caluromyinae
Taxonomy
Caluromyidae was named by Kirsch and Reig (1977). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Caluromyinae by Patton et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Didelphimorphia by Kirsch and Palma (1995); to Didelphidae by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphoidea by Goin et al. (2007).
It was reranked as the subfamily Caluromyinae by Patton et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Didelphimorphia by Kirsch and Palma (1995); to Didelphidae by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphoidea by Goin et al. (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Caluromyidae Kirsch and Reig |
| 1977 | Caluromyinae Kirsch and Reig |
| 1992 | Glironiinae Hershkovitz |
| 1995 | Caluromyidae Kirsch and Palma |
| 1995 | Caluromyinae Kirsch and Palma |
| 1995 | Glironiinae Kirsch and Palma |
| 1996 | Caluromyinae Patton et al. p. 23 |
| 2007 | Caluromyidae Goin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Caluromyinae Kirsch and Reig 1977
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G. Caluromys Allen 1900 [woolly oppossum]
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Caluromys lanatus Olfers 1818
Caluromys philander Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Caluromyinae Kirsch and Reig 1977 [invalid subgroup], Glironiinae Hershkovitz 1992 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Holocene or 21.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 17.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 17.5 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Caluromyidae indet. (141368) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Caluromys philander, Caluromys lanatus (21687) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Caluromys lanatus, Caluromysiops irrupta (21689) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Caluromys derbianus (21691) |