Central American Woolly Opossum

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Central American Woolly Opossum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Caluromys
Species: C. derbianus
Binomial name
Caluromys derbianus
(Waterhouse, 1841)

The Central American Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  1. ^ New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Caluromys derbianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
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