Caluromys lanatus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Brown-eared 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

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215

Original name as described

Didelphys lanata

Other common names

Western Woolly Opossum

Type material

MNCN M2630

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Paraguay." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1916 to "Caazapá," Paraguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000014

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 jivaro

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

jivaro

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.6.75

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/01d6073a-5aae-4869-abfc-6fd0b6e1afd8

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 cicur

(Bangs, 1898)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cicur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8114

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8114

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263655

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Didelphys ornata

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNN 94.1008D

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007930

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Mallodelphis lanigera vitalina

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

vitalinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1221

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

355

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Mallodelphis lanigera modesta

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1223

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

356

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

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

Mallodelphis lanigera hemiura

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

hemiurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1229

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

355

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

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

Didelphys lanata

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lanatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN M2630

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

206

Authority publication

book

Didelphis lanigera

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN-M2630

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524022

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:213, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Micoureus juninensis

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

juninensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 26754/55

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576387

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Micoureus cahyensis

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cahyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 26756/57

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576392

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Micoureus meridensis

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

meridensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 26759/26760

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

285

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576389

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Micoureus bartletti

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

bartletti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4106, ZMB 26758

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576392

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Micoureus lanigera

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lanigera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Didelphys lanigera

(J. A. Wagner, 1847)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lanigera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387589

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Giebel (1855:712, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Caluromys laniger

Bangs, 1902

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

laniger

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 lanatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lanatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3648/197310136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Caluromys lanatus cicur

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cicur

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 (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys lanatus lanatus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lanatus

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 (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys lanatus nattereri

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

nattereri

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 (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys lanatus ochropus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ochropus

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 (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys lanatus ornatus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ornatus

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 (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Caluromys lanatus vitalinus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

vitalinus

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 (2015:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Didelphys lanata

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lanata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Didelphys ochropus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ochropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697574

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wagner (1847:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)

Didelphys ornata

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

250

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089025

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Micoureus nattereri

(Matschie, 1917)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

nattereri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43576395

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Philander calmensis

(C. O. da C. Vieira, 1955)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

calmensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

347

Authority publication

Arquivos de zoologia do estado de São Paulo

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