white-eared opossum
didelphis albiventris latin

White-eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)

The White-eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is an opossum species from South America.

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

Noteworthy mammals include Mountain Tapir, Spectacled Bear, Northern Pudú, Oncilla and Cougar, White-eared Opossum.

Some of this wildlife includes the rhea, the pampas deer, several species of armadillos, the pampas fox, the White-eared opossum, the Elegant Crested Tinamou, and several other species.

From 1993 until 2002, this species also included the Guianan White-eared Opossum (D. imperfecta) and the Andean White-eared Opossum (D. pernigra) as subspecies.

This species, together with the Andean White-eared Opossum (D. pernigra), was separated from the White-eared Opossum (D. albiventris) in 2002, having been included with that species in 1993.

This species, which was considered a population of the Common Opossum (D. marsupialis) for some time, was originally described as D. azarae by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the White-eared Opossum (D. albiventris) for over 160 years.

The White-eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is an opossum species from South America.