bare-tailed woolly opossum
caluromys philander latin

Bare-tailed woolly opossums actively climb through the upper canopy of trees as they look for fruit and insects.

Unlike those of the closely related bare-tailed woolly opossum, the pouches of the brown-eared species open to the front, rather than along the midline.

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander)

The bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander), also called the white-eared opossum, is an opossum species from South America.

Like other members of the genus Caluromys, the bare-tailed 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.

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander)

The bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander), also called the white-eared opossum, is an opossum species from South America.