Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum

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Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Philander
Species: P. frenatus
Binomial name
Philander frenatus
Olfers, 1818

The Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum, Philander frenatus, is an opossum species from South America. It is a large dark gray opossum found in Brazil and Peru.

[edit] References

  • John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
  • Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 16. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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