page_title: List of mammals of Guatemala
section_title: Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossums)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Guatemala / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Metatheria / Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossums)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Original Bildunterschrift: "Schwimmbeutler, Chironectes minimus Zimm. 1/3 natürlicher Größe." Größe: 13,4 x 11,2 cm² English: Original caption: "Schwimmbeutler, Chironectes minimus Zimm. 1/3 natürlicher Größe." Translation (partly): "Water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus Zimm. 1/3 natural size." Size: 5.3 x 4.4 in² (13.4 x 11.2 cm²) Originator: Friedrich Specht
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Guatemala. Of the mammal species in Guatemala, one is critically endangered, four are endangered, four are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One species is considered extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene. They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail.
  Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
  Subfamily: Caluromyinae
  Genus: Caluromys
  Derby's woolly opossum, Caluromys derbianus VU
  Subfamily: Didelphinae
  Genus: Chironectes
  Water opossum, Chironectes minimus LR/nt
  Genus: Didelphis
  Common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis LR/lc
  Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana LR/lc
  Genus: Marmosa
  Alston's mouse opossum, Marmosa alstoni LR/nt
  Mexican mouse opossum, Marmosa mexicana LR/lc
  Genus: Philander
  Gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum LR/lc
caption: Water opossum
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