Brown-eared Woolly Opossum 3288059 207268097 2008-04-22T02:14:34Z Frickeg 2903722 status system {{Taxobox | name = Brown-eared Woolly Opossum | status = LR/nt | status_system = iucn2.3 | trend = unknown | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Didelphimorphia]] | familia = [[Caluromyidae]] | genus = ''[[Caluromys]]'' | subgenus = ''[[Mallodelphys]]'' | species = '''''C. lanatus''''' | binomial = ''Caluromys lanatus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Ignaz von Olfers|Olfers]], 1818) | subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]] | subdivision = *''[[Caluromys lanatus cicur]]'' *''[[Caluromys lanatus lanatus]]'' *''[[Caluromys lanatus nattereri]]'' *''[[Caluromys lanatus ochropus]]'' *''[[Caluromys lanatus orntus]]'' *''[[Caluromys lanatus vitalinus]]'' }} The '''Brown-eared Woolly Opossum''' (''Caluromys lanatus''), also known as the '''Ecuadoran''' or '''Western Woolly Opossum''', is a [[woolly opossum]] [[species]] from [[South America]]. It is restricted to moist forests. Just like any other member of the ''[[Caluromys]]'' [[genus]], the Brown-eared Woolly Opossum is a strongly [[arboreal]] species of [[marsupial]], differing from other [[Didelphidae]] opossums for having a comparatively large [[encephalization quotient]] and smaller litter size. The tail is long and heavy in more than half of its extension. It feeds on fruits, nectar, invertebrates and small vertebrates. ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=New World Marsupial Specialist Group|year=1996|id=3648|title=Caluromys lanatus|downloaded=11 May 2006}} *John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil. * {{MSW3 Gardner|pages=3}} {{Didelphimorphia|C.}} {{marsupial-stub}} [[Category:Opossums]] [[Category:Mammals of South America|Oppossum, Brown-eared]] [[Category:Mammals of Guyana|Oppossum, Brown-eared]] [[es:Caluromys lanatus]] [[fr:Caluromys lanatus]] [[mt:Opossum sufi tal-widnejn kannella]] [[nl:Rode wolhaarbuidelrat]]