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Gray and Black Four-eyed Opossums
Philander
The seven species in the genus Philander, commonly known as gray and black four-eyed opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. Mature females have a well-developed marsupium. The tail appears to be hairless except for the proximal (closest to the body) 5 or 6 cm, which has a few long hairs. The tail is slightly longer than the head-and-body length, and it is black for the proximal one half to two thirds of its length. The...
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Northern Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander vossi
Dark Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander melanurus
Gray Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander opossum
Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander quica
Common Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander canus
Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander andersoni
Pebas Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander pebas
McIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander mcilhennyi
Black Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander nigratus
Deltaic Four-eyed Opossum
speciesPhilander deltae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42581.