Philander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G., Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M., Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro, Juárez-López, Rugieri, Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth, Pérez-Solano, Luz A., Hernández-Lara, Carolina, Friedeberg, Diana, Thornton, Dan & Koller-González, Juan M., 2017, Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico, Check List 13 (6), pp. 711-726 : 715

Philander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 2. Medium-sized opossum, smaller than Didelphis spp. ,

slightly woolly and with dense fur. It has a blackish head with contrasting cream-colored spots above the eyes and cheeks. Philander opossum is often mistaken with Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780) , but the distinctive 4 broad black bands on the dorsum are absent in P. opossum .