Lutreolina
Lutreolina is a genus of opossum found in South America. Both extant species in this genus are known as lutrine opossums. They have an otter-like body plan and occasionally semiaquatic tendencies, hence the genus name Lutreolina, which is Latin for "otter-like".
Species
Little Water Opossum
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDidelphimorphia
- FamilyDidelphidae
Observations119
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Didelphinae
- Image
- Cambridge Natural History Mammalia Fig 084.jpg
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Lutreolina is a genus of opossum found in South America. Both extant species in this genus are known as lutrine opossums. They have an otter-like body plan and occasionally semiaquatic tendencies, hence the genus name Lutreolina, which is Latin for "otter-like".
Formerly, only one species, the big lutrine opossum (previously known as just the lutrine opossum) was recognized, but a 2014 study described a second species, Lutreolina massoia, on genetic and morphological grounds.