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title: "Dark Four-eyed Opossum"
description: "Philander melanurus — Mammiferi. The dark four-eyed opossum (Philander melanurus) is a species of opossum from Central and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dark-four-eyed-opossum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark Four-eyed Opossum

> Philander melanurus — Mammiferi. The dark four-eyed opossum (Philander melanurus) is a species of opossum from Central and South America.

- Scientific name: *Philander melanurus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 330
- Wikidata: [Q104248135](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104248135)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1490344](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1490344)

## Names

- en: Dark Four-eyed Opossum
- de: Dunkle Vieraugenbeutelratte
- es: Zarigüeya gris de cola oscura

## Countries with the most observations

CR (109), PA (43), EC (39), CO (10)

## Summary

The dark four-eyed opossum (Philander melanurus) is a species of opossum from Central and South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_four-eyed_opossum

## Photo

![Dark Four-eyed Opossum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-four-eyed-opossum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Quitmeyer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149186901

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-four-eyed-opossum?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).