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Anderson's four-eyed opossum (Philander andersoni) is a South American marsupial in the family Didelphidae, native to the northwestern Amazon Basin. Its range includes southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru, southern Venezuela, and northwestern Brazil, where it occurs in forested environments. The species has dark dorsal fur with a narrow black stripe along the back, lighter underparts, pale spots above the eyes, and a partly furred tail. The name honors the American scientific collector Malcolm Playfair Anderson, and the species was described by Wilfred Hudson Osgood.
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