Brown-eared woolly opossum

The Brown-eared Woolly Opossum (Caluromys lanatus), also known as the Western Woolly Opossum, is a woolly opossum species from South America. Its habitat is restricted to moist forests.

Just like other members of the genus Caluromys, the Brown-eared Woolly Opossum is a strongly arboreal species of marsupial, differing from other didelphid opossums in having a comparatively large encephalization quotient and smaller litter size. The tail is long and heavy in more than half of its extension.

It is omnivorous and feeds on fruits, nectar, invertebrates and small vertebrates.

References

• John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
• Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Didelphimorphia (pp. 3-18)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10400014.