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Caluromys (woolly oppossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Caluromys was named by Allen (1900). It is extant.

It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); to Caluromyinae by Kirsch and Palma (1995); and to Caluromyinae by Patton et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Caluromys Allen
1988Caluromys Carroll
1995Caluromys Kirsch and Palma
1996Caluromys Patton et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyCaluromyinae(Kirsch and Reig 1977)
genusCaluromysAllen 1900

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.

G. Caluromys Allen 1900 [woolly oppossum]
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Caluromys lanatus Olfers 1818
Caluromys philander Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available