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Caluromyinae

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

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).

Subtaxa

Caluromyinae, Caluromys, Glironia, Glironiinae

Sister taxa

Caluromyinae, Glironiinae

Synonyms

Caluromyinae was named by Kirsch and Reig (1977). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Caluromyinae by Patton et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Caluromyidae by Kirsch and Palma (1995).
Glironiinae was named by Hershkovitz (1992). It is extant. Its type is Glironia.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Caluromyinae by Patton et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Caluromyidae by Kirsch and Palma (1995).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
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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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Ameridelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Didelphimorphia	Gill 1872
—	Didelphidae	()
subfamily	Caluromyinae	(Kirsch and Reig 1977)
subfamily	Caluromyinae	(Kirsch and Reig 1977)

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

G. Glironia Thomas 1912 [bushy-tailed opossum]

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Glironia venusta Thomas 1912

Invalid names: Caluromyinae Kirsch and Reig 1977 [invalid subgroup], Glironiinae Hershkovitz 1992 [invalid subgroup]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialf

Diet:

omnivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2013-05-24 08:50:31

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

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

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian	21.0 - 17.5	Argentina (Chubut)	Caluromyidae indet. (141368)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Brazil (Districto Agropecura)	Caluromys philander, Caluromys lanatus (21687)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Panama	Caluromys derbianus (21691)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Peru	Caluromys lanatus, Caluromysiops irrupta (21689)