Caluromyinae
[1] Temporal range:
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Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Subfamily: |
Caluromyinae Kirsch, 1977 |
Type genus | |
Caluromys
J.A. Allen, 1900
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Genera | |
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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 based on Voss and Jansa (2009) [2]