Caluromys philander (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:54.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America;" restricted to Surinam (Thomas, 1911«) .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela (including Margarita Isl), Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and Brazil.

SYNONYMS: affinis Wagner, 1842; cajopolin Müller, 1776; cayopollin Schreber, 1777; dichura Wagner, 1842; leucurus Thomas, 1904; trinitatis Thomas, 1894; venezuelae Thomas, 1903.