Back أبوسوم دربي المشعر Arabic ابوسوم دربى المشعر ARZ Tueskol (Caluromys derbianus) AVK Дербийски пушист опосум Bulgarian Oposom gloanek Derby BR Opòssum llanós de Derby Catalan Caluromys derbianus CEB Derby-Wollbeutelratte German Caluromys derbianus Spanish Caluromys derbianus EU
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Caluromys |
| Subgenus: | Mallodelphys |
| Species: | C. derbianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Caluromys derbianus (Waterhouse, 1841)
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| Range of Derby's woolly opossum | |
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Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus), or the Central American woolly opossum,[3] is an opossum found in deciduous and moist evergreen forests of Central America, from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and Colombia. It was first described by English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse, and named in honor of Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Derby's woolly opossum is the largest in its genus, with a total length of 60 to 70 centimetres (24 to 28 in) and weight between 200 and 400 grams (7.1 and 14.1 oz). The coat is brown and the underside white-buff to golden-brown. The opossum is nocturnal (active mainly at night), arboreal (tree-living) and solitary. Diet consists of fruits, nectar, small invertebrates and vertebrates. The time when breeding takes place varies geographically. The litter size ranges from one to six. The IUCN classifies this opossum as least concern.
- ^ Solari, S.; Lew, D. (2015). "Caluromys derbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T3650A22175821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T3650A22175821.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2007). Mammals of South America, Volume 1 Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Chicago 60637: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
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