Caluromyinae

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]

Caluromyinae[1] Temporal range: Burdigalian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Caluromyinae Kirsch, 1977
Type genus
Caluromys J.A. Allen, 1900
Genera
Caluromys Caluromysiops †Pachybiotherium
Synonyms
Caluromyidae Kirsch & Reig, 1977 Glironiinae Hershkovitz, 1992

Classification

See also: List of didelphimorphs

Classification based on Voss and Jansa (2009)^[2]

• Subfamily Caluromyinae
  • Genus Caluromys
    • Subgenus Caluromys
      • Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander)
    • Subgenus Mallodelphys
      • Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
      • Brown-eared woolly opossum (Caluromys lanatus)
  • Genus Caluromysiops
    • Black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta)
  • Genus †Pachybiotherium
    • †Pachybiotherium acclinum