Derby's woolly opossum

Derby's woolly opossum
Inside Canopy Tower, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Caluromys
Subgenus: Mallodelphys
Species:
C. derbianus
Binomial name
Caluromys derbianus
(Waterhouse, 1841)
Range of Derby's woolly opossum
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Didelphys derbiana Waterhouse, 1841
    Philander laniger derbianus (Waterhouse, 1841)
    Didelphys (Philander) lanigera O. Thomas, 1888
    Philander laniger pallidus O. Thomas, 1899
    Didelphis (Micoureus) pallidus (O. Thomas, 1899)
    Philander laniger guayanus O. Thomas, 1899
    Caluromys laniger guayanus (O. Thomas, 1899)
    Didelphis (Micoureus) guayanus (O. Thomas, 1899)
    Caluromys laniger pyrrhus O. Thomas, 1901
    Didelphis (Micoureus) aztecus (O. Thomas, 1913)
    Philander laniger aztecus O. Thomas, 1913
    Philander laniger fervidus O. Thomas, 1913
    Didelphis (Micoureus) fervidus (O. Thomas, 1913)
    Philander laniger nauticus O. Thomas, 1913
    Didelphis (Micoureus) nauticus (O. Thomas, 1913)
    Philander laniger pictus O. Thomas, 1913
    Philander laniger senex O. Thomas, 1913
    Didelphis (Micoureus) pictus (O. Thomas, 1913)
    Didelphis (Micoureus) senex (O. Thomas, 1913)
    Philander centralis Hollister, 1914
    Didelphis (Micoureus) centralis (Hollister, 1914)
    Didelphis (Micoureus) pulcher Matschie, 1917
    Didelphis (Micoureus) canus Matschie, 1917
    Micoureus canus (Matschie, 1917)
    Didelphis (Micoureus) antioquiae Matschie, 1917

Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus), or the Central American woolly opossum,[3] is an opossum found in deciduous and moist evergreen forests of Central America, from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and Colombia. It was first described by English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse, and named in honor of Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Derby's woolly opossum is the largest in its genus, with a total length of 60 to 70 centimetres (24 to 28 in) and weight between 200 and 400 grams (7.1 and 14.1 oz). The coat is brown and the underside white-buff to golden-brown. The opossum is nocturnal (active mainly at night), arboreal (tree-living) and solitary. Diet consists of fruits, nectar, small invertebrates and vertebrates. The time when breeding takes place varies geographically. The litter size ranges from one to six. The IUCN classifies this opossum as least concern.

  1. ^ Solari, S.; Lew, D. (2015). "Caluromys derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T3650A22175821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T3650A22175821.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2007). Mammals of South America, Volume 1 Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Chicago 60637: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference reid was invoked but never defined (see the help page).