Superorder: Ameridelphia List of South American mammals

bare-tailed woolly opossum



woolly opossum

(caluromys sp.)



water opossum



white-eared opossum



common opossum



lutrine opossum



robinson s mouse opossum



mouse opossum

(marmosa sp.)



mouse opossum

(marmosa (micoureus) sp.)



tate s woolly mouse opossum



gray slender opossum



brown four-eyed opossum



yellow-sided opossum



gray short-tailed opossum



gray four-eyed opossum



elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum

didelphimorphia order of common opossums of western hemisphere. opossums diverged basic south american marsupials in late cretaceous or paleocene. small medium-sized marsupials, size of large house cat, long snout , prehensile tail.

family: didelphidae (american opossums)

subfamily: caluromyinae

genus: caluromys

derby s woolly opossum caluromys derbianus lc
brown-eared woolly opossum caluromys lanatus lc
bare-tailed woolly opossum caluromys philander lc


genus: caluromysiops

black-shouldered opossum caluromysiops irrupta lc




subfamily: glironiinae

genus: glironia

bushy-tailed opossum glironia venusta lc




subfamily: hyladelphinae

genus: hyladelphys

kalinowski s mouse opossum hyladelphys kalinowskii lc




subfamily: didelphinae

genus chacodelphys

chacoan pygmy opossum chacodelphys formosa vu


genus: chironectes

water opossum chironectes minimus lc


genus cryptonanus

agricola s gracile opossum cryptonanus agricolai dd
chacoan gracile opossum cryptonanus chacoensis lc
guahiba gracile opossum cryptonanus guahybae dd
red-bellied gracile opossum †cryptonanus ignitus ex
unduavi gracile opossum cryptonanus unduaviensis dd


genus: didelphis

white-eared opossum didelphis albiventris lc
big-eared opossum didelphis aurita lc
guianan white-eared opossum didelphis imperfecta lc
common opossum didelphis marsupialis lc
andean white-eared opossum didelphis pernigra lc


genus: gracilinanus

aceramarca gracile opossum gracilinanus aceramarcae lc
agile gracile opossum gracilinanus agilis lc
wood sprite gracile opossum gracilinanus dryas nt
emilia s gracile opossum gracilinanus emiliae dd
northern gracile opossum gracilinanus marica lc
brazilian gracile opossum gracilinanus microtarsus lc


genus: lestodelphys

patagonian opossum lestodelphys halli lc


genus: lutreolina

lutrine opossum lutreolina crassicaudata lc


genus: marmosa

subgenus: eomarmosa

red mouse opossum marmosa rubra dd


subgenus: exulomarmosa

isthmian mouse opossum marmosa isthmica
robinson s mouse opossum marmosa robinsoni lc
marmosa simonsi
guajira mouse opossum marmosa xerophila vu
marmosa zeledoni


subgenus: marmosa

quechuan mouse opossum marmosa macrotarsus lc
linnaeus s mouse opossum marmosa murina lc
tyler s mouse opossum marmosa tyleriana dd
marmosa waterhousei


subgenus: micoureus

alston s mouse opossum marmosa alstoni lc
white-bellied woolly mouse opossum marmosa constantiae lc
woolly mouse opossum marmosa demerarae lc
tate s woolly mouse opossum marmosa paraguayana lc
little woolly mouse opossum marmosa phaea vu
bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum marmosa regina lc


subgenus: stegomarmosa

heavy-browed mouse opossum marmosa andersoni dd
rufous mouse opossum marmosa lepida lc




genus: marmosops

bishop s slender opossum marmosops bishopi lc
marmosops caucae
narrow-headed slender opossum marmosops cracens dd
creighton s slender opossum marmosops creightoni dd
dusky slender opossum marmosops fuscatus dd
handley s slender opossum marmosops handleyi cr
tschudi s slender opossum marmosops impavidus lc
gray slender opossum marmosops incanus lc
junin slender opossum marmosops juninensis vu
neblina slender opossum marmosops neblina lc
white-bellied slender opossum marmosops noctivagus lc
dorothy s slender opossum marmosops ocellatus lc
delicate slender opossum marmosops parvidens lc
brazilian slender opossum marmosops paulensis lc
pinheiro s slender opossum marmosops pinheiroi lc


genus: metachirus

brown four-eyed opossum metachirus nudicaudatus lc


genus: monodelphis

sepia short-tailed opossum monodelphis adusta lc
northern three-striped opossum monodelphis americana lc
monodelphis arlindoi
northern red-sided opossum monodelphis brevicaudata lc
yellow-sided opossum monodelphis dimidiata lc
gray short-tailed opossum monodelphis domestica lc
emilia s short-tailed opossum monodelphis emiliae lc
monodelphis gardneri
amazonian red-sided opossum monodelphis glirina lc
monodelphis handleyi
ihering s three-striped opossum monodelphis iheringi dd
pygmy short-tailed opossum monodelphis kunsi lc
marajó short-tailed opossum monodelphis maraxina dd
osgood s short-tailed opossum monodelphis osgoodi lc
hooded red-sided opossum monodelphis palliolata lc
monodelphis peruviana
reig s opossum monodelphis reigi vu
ronald s opossum monodelphis ronaldi lc
chestnut-striped opossum monodelphis rubida dd
monodelphis sanctaerosae
long-nosed short-tailed opossum monodelphis scalops lc
southern red-sided opossum monodelphis sorex lc
southern three-striped opossum monodelphis theresa dd
monodelphis touan
red three-striped opossum monodelphis umbristriata vu
one-striped opossum monodelphis unistriata dd


genus: philander

anderson s four-eyed opossum philander andersoni lc
deltaic four-eyed opossum philander deltae lc
southeastern four-eyed opossum philander frenata lc
mcilhenny s four-eyed opossum philander mcilhennyi lc
mondolfi s four-eyed opossum philander mondolfii lc
olrog s four-eyed opossum philander olrogi
gray four-eyed opossum philander opossum lc


genus: thylamys

cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys cinderella lc
thylamys citellus
elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys elegans lc
karimi s fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys karimii vu
paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys macrura nt
white-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys pallidior lc
thylamys pulchellus
common fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys pusillus lc
argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys sponsorius lc
tate s fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys tatei dd
dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys velutinus lc
buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum thylamys venustus dd







order: paucituberculata (shrew opossums)


dusky caenolestid

there 6 extant species of shrew opossum. small shrew-like marsupials confined andes.

family: caenolestidae

genus: caenolestes

gray-bellied caenolestid caenolestes caniventer nt
andean caenolestid caenolestes condorensis vu
northern caenolestid caenolestes convelatus vu
dusky caenolestid caenolestes fuliginosus lc


genus: lestoros

incan caenolestid lestoros inca lc


genus: rhyncholestes

long-nosed caenolestid rhyncholestes raphanurus nt






monito del monte on bamboo