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Olrog's four-eyed opossum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Philander
Species:	P. olrogi
Binomial name
Philander olrogi Flores, Barquez & Díaz, 2008

Olrog's four-eyed opossum (Philander olrogi) is a South American species of opossum endemic to eastern Bolivia, first described in 2008 based on specimens collected in 1974. It inhabits the lowland Amazon rainforest, with an elevation range of 150 to 250 m. The species is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog. It is sympatric with P. opossum, which it resembles. The two species differ in several ways, such as ventral fur color and condition of the zygomatic arch. It is considered to be a junior synonym of the common four-eyed opossum by some sources, such as the Mammal Diversity Database.

References

1. ^ Flores, D. (2016). "Philander olrogi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T199832A22177217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T199832A22177217.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ Flores, D. A.; Barquez, M. R.; Díaz, M. M. (15 January 2008). "A new species of Philander Brisson, 1762 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)". Mammalian Biology. 73 (1). Elsevier GmbH: 14–24. Bibcode:2008MamBi..73...14F. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2007.04.002.
3. Handford, P. (April 1987). "In Memoriam: Claes Christian Olrog, 1912-1985". The Auk. 104 (2): 319–320. doi:10.1093/auk/104.2.319. JSTOR 4087042.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
5. Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. p. 669. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
6. "Philander canus (Osgood, 1913)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
7. Voss, Robert S.; Díaz-Nieto, Juan F.; Jansa, Sharon A. (January 31, 2018). "A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 1: P. quica, P. canus, and a New Species from Amazonia". American Museum Novitates (3891). Retrieved 14 October 2024.

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