Caluromys derbianus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1841)

Derby's Woolly Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Caluromyinae
Genus : Caluromys
Subgenus : Mallodelphys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1841-08. The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. XI. Marsupialia or Pouched Animals. W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 323 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064667

Original name as described

Didelphys Derbianus

Other common names

Central American Woolly Opossum · Derby's Pale-eared Woolly Opossum

Type material

LIVCM D.194

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality unknown. Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to "Valle del Cauca, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000013

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Philander laniger guayanus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

guayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.6.87

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2fa48c46-8f72-4f4c-b68a-a0a0c883c7af

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124310

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Philander laniger aztecus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

aztecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.12.18.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e9508bb-944b-40e6-8522-b3a92d397009 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aca3c649-7201-4e26-8e68-dee579e72916

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099846

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Caluromys laniger pyrrhus

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pyrrhus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.6.50

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03ec0a32-18c2-4f70-889b-1d5d4f45214b

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345062

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Philander laniger pallidus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.11.83

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/91c81751-d14b-4500-9421-247c6a72b61a

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124310

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Philander laniger nauticus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

nauticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.1.124

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33bc39ac-c5de-49bd-95bd-3eac13faf2df

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099846

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Philander laniger fervidus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

fervidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.10.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a8a8450-2ddf-4656-b6ef-57459c3fa605

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099846

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Philander laniger pictus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.7.16.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8a04fdc3-82ef-4840-86a3-8e3ab6e60326

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099847

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Philander laniger senex

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

senex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.10.24.75

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dda6d496-d9e8-4b28-8769-c3c1c7d22113

Authority page

573

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22100060

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Didelphys Derbianus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1841)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

derbianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LIVCM D.194

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064667

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

True (1885:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Philander centralis

(Hollister, 1914)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:12218 (= USNM:MAMM:A38522)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39c972dc4-2ab5-4edc-8a0e-0c914b782f02

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55445034

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Micoureus pulcher

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pulcher

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 20467/8

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576385

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Micoureus canus

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4103

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576388

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Micoureus antioquiae

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

antioquiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5538/26753

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576390

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Didelphys derbiana

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

derbiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

711

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548902

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Giebel (1855:711, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Caluromys laniger pallidus

Bangs, 1902

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199048

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Bangs (1902:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Caluromys derbianus centralis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys derbianus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

derbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3650/22175821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Caluromys derbianus pallidus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys derbianus aztecus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

aztecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys derbianus derbianus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

derbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys derbianus fervidus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

fervidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys derbianus nauticus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

nauticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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