Brown-eared Woolly Opossum
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Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Subfamily: Caluromyinae

[Photo] Brown-eared Woolly Opossum (Caluromys lanatus). Source: http://aclavet.free.fr.sit mingħajr drittijiet ta' l-awtur. Other URL: http://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C._lanatus.jpg

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.

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