Bare-tailed woolly opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bare-tailed woolly opossum lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Caluromys philander
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Didelphimorphia
Family	Didelphidae

Where does the bare-tailed woolly opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bare-tailed woolly opossum in 2 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Aragarças.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the bare-tailed woolly opossum endangered?

The bare-tailed woolly opossum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bare-tailed woolly opossum?

The bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Caluromys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bare-tailed woolly opossum

The bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) is an opossum from South America. It was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The bare-tailed woolly opossum is characterized by a gray head, brown to gray coat, orange to gray underside and a partially naked tail. It is nocturnal (active mainly at night) and solitary; there is hardly any social interaction except between mother and juveniles and in mating pairs. The opossum constructs nests in tree cavities, and its litter size ranges from one to seven. Gestation lasts 25 days, and the juveniles exit the pouch after three months; weaning occurs a month later. The bare-tailed woolly opossum inhabits subtropical forests, rainforests, secondary forests, and plantations; its range extends from northern Venezuela to northeastern and southcentral Brazil. The IUCN classifies this opossum as least concern.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bare-tailed woolly opossum (revision 1313858762), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194440 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).