Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum

Species of marsupial

Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Philander
Species:	P. mondolfii
Binomial name
*Philander mondolfii* Lew, Pérez-Hernández & Ventura, 2006

Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum range

Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (Philander mondolfii) is a South American species of opossum found in Colombia and Venezuela, first described in 2006. It inhabits foothills of the Cordillera de Mérida and those on the eastern side of the Cordillera Oriental at elevations from 50 to 800 m (160 to 2,620 ft).^[1] Populations in the two ranges may represent distinct subspecies.^[1] It is named after the Venezuelan biologist Edgardo Mondolfi.^[2]^[3] It has short woolly fur with a pale cream-colored venter as well as large ears pigmented on only the distal half.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. (2016). "Philander mondolfii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136202A22176945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136202A22176945.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Maybaum, M. A. (2004-04-01). "Dr. Edgardo Mondolfi (1918-1999)". UNEP Global 500 Laureates. United Nations Environmental Program. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. pp. 669 (see p. 32). ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.

Sources

Lew, D.; Pérez-Hernández, R.; Ventura, J. (April 2006). "Two New Species Of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) From Northern South America". Journal of Mammalogy. 87 (2). American Society of Mammalogists: 224–237. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-065R2.1.

Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

Caluromys (Woolly opossums)	Subgenus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus) Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)
Caluromysiops	Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)
Glironia	Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys	Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis)
Chironectes	Water opossum (C. minimus)
Cryptonanus	Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
Didelphis (Large American opossums)	White-eared opossum (D. albiventris) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) Common opossum (D. marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
Gracilinanus	Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)
Hyladelphys	Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)
Lestodelphys	Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
Lutreolina	Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata) Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
Marmosa (Mouse opossums)	Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)
Marmosops	Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus	Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums)	Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi) Marajó short-tailed opossum (M. maraxina) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata) Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana) Reig's opossum (M. reigi) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi) Chestnut-striped opossum (M. rubida) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops) Southern red-sided opossum (M. sorex) Southern three-striped opossum (M. theresa) Red three-striped opossum (M. umbristriata) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)
Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums)	Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)
Thylamys	Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
Tlacuatzin	Grayish mouse opossum (T. canescens)