Mammals and their associated lice

Mammal taxonomy from Wilson and Reeder, 1992
Common names, and phylogenetic sequence from Wilson and Cole, 2000
Chewing Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C Dalgleish
Anoplura taxonomy (in red) from Durden and Musser, 1994

conventions:
          Host probably extinct = †
          Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Didelphimorphia - American opossums

Didelphidae - American opossums

Genera of lice known from the family:
Cummingsia [Amblycera: Trimenoponidae]

Caluromyinae

Caluromys - Woolly Opossums

  • Caluromys derbianus (Waterhouse, 1841) - Central American Woolly Opossum
  • Caluromys lanatus (Olfers, 1818) - Western Woolly Opossum
  • Caluromys philander (Linnaeus, 1758) - Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum

    • Caluromysiops

  • Caluromysiops irrupta Sanborn, 1951 - Black-shouldered Opossum

    • Glironia

  • Glironia venusta Thomas, 1912 - Bushy-tailed Opossum

    • Didelphinae

    Chironectes

  • Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780) - Water Opossum

    • Didelphis - Large American Opossums

  • Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840 - White-eared Opossum
  • Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826 - Big-eared Opossum
  • Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 - Southern Opossum
  • Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 - Virginia Opossum

    • Gracilinanus Gracile Mouse Opossums

  • Gracilinanus aceramarcae (Tate, 1931) - Acermarca Gracile Mouse Opossum
  • Gracilinanus agilis (Burmeister, 1854) - Agile Gracile Mouse Opossum
  • Gracilinanus dryas (Thomas, 1898) - Wood Sprite Gracile Mouse Opossum
    • Cummingsia micheneri Timm and Price, 1989 *
  • Gracilinanus emiliae (Thomas, 1909) - Emilia´s Gracile Mouse Opossum
  • Gracilinanus marica (Thomas, 1898) - Northern Gracile Mouse Opossum
  • Gracilinanus microtarsus (Wagner, 1842) - Brazilian Gracile Mouse Opossum

    • Lestodelphys

  • Lestodelphys halli (Thomas, 1921) - Patagonian Opossum

    • Lutreolina

  • Lutreolina crassicaudata (Desmarest, 1804) - Lutrine Opossum

    • Marmosa - Mouse Opossums

  • Marmosa andersoni Pine, 1972 - Anderson´s Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa canescens (J. A. Allen, 1893) - Grayish Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa lepida (Thomas, 1888) - Little Rufous Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa mexicana Merriam, 1897 - Mexican Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa murina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Murine Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa robinsoni Bangs, 1898 - Robinson´s Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa rubra Tate, 1931 - Red Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa tyleriana Tate, 1931 - Tyler´s Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosa xerophila Handley and Gordon, 1979 - Dryland Mouse Opossum

    • Marmosops - Slender Mouse Opossums

  • Marmosops cracens Handley and Gordon, 1979 - Slim-faced Slender Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosops dorothea (Thomas, 1911) - Dorothy´s Slender Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosops fuscatus (Thomas, 1896) - Gray-bellied Slender Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosops handleyi (Pine, 1981) - Handley´s Slender Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosops impavidus (Tschudi, 1845) - Andean Slender Mouse Opossum
    • Cummingsia gardneri Price and Emerson, 1986 *
  • Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) - Gray Slender Mouse Opossum
    • Cummingsia intermedia Werneck, 1937 *
  • Marmosops invictus (Goldman, 1912) - Slaty Slender Mouse Opossum
  • Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi, 1845) - White-bellied Slender Mouse Opossum
    • Cummingsia izori Timm and Price, 1988 *
  • Marmosops parvidens Tate, 1931 - Delicate Slender Mouse Opossum

    • Metachirus

  • Metachirus nudicaudatus (Desmarest, 1817) - Brown Four-eyed Opossum

    • Micoureus - Woolly Mouse Opossums

  • Micoureus alstoni (J. A. Allen, 1900) - Alston´s Woolly Mouse Opossum
  • Micoureus constantiae (Thomas, 1904) - Pale-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum
  • Micoureus demerarae (Thomas, 1905) - Long-furred Woolly Mouse Opossum
  • Micoureus regina (Thomas, 1898) - Short-furred Woolly Mouse Opossum

    • Monodelphis - Short-tailed Opossums

  • Monodelphis adusta (Thomas, 1897) - Sepia short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis americana (Müller, 1776) - Three-striped Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis brevicaudata (Erxleben, 1777) - Red-legged Short-tailed Opossum
    • Cummingsia peramydis Ferris, 1922
  • Monodelphis dimidiata (Wagner, 1847) - Southern Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis domestica (Wagner, 1842) - Gray short-tailed Opossum
    • Cummingsia peramydis Ferris, 1922 *
  • Monodelphis emiliae (Thomas, 1912) - Emilia´s Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis iheringi (Thomas, 1888) - Ihering´s Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis kunsi Pine, 1975 - Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis maraxina Thomas, 1923 - Maraj[ó] Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis osgoodi Doutt, 1938 - Osgood´s Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis rubida (Thomas, 1899) - Chestnut-striped Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis scalops (Thomas, 1888) - Long-snouted Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis sorex (Hensel, 1872) - Shrewish Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis theresa Thomas, 1921 - Theresa´s Short-tailed Opossum
  • Monodelphis unistriata (Wagner, 1842) - One-striped Short-tailed Opossum

    • Philander - Gray and Black Four-eyed Opossums

  • Philander andersoni (Osgood, 1913) - Black Four-eyed Opossum
  • Philander Opossum (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gray Four-eyed Opossum

    • Thylamys - Fat-tailed Opossums

  • Thylamys elegans (Waterhouse, 1839) - Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
  • Thylamys macrura (Olfers, 1818) - Long-tailed Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
  • Thylamys pallidior (Thomas, 1902) - Pallid Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
  • Thylamys pusilla (Desmarest, 1804) - Small Fat-tailed Opossum
  • Thylamys velutinus (Wagner, 1842) - Velvety Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum


    • Last revised:    15 November, 2003

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