Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840 . K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Afhandl., p. 20 [preprint of Lund, 1841].

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Minas Gerais, "Rio das Velhas," Lagoa Santa .

DISTRIBUTION: A Guyana Highland isolate in S Venezuela, SW Suriname, and N Brazil; and the major distribution in Colombia, Ecuador, Peril, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the northern half of Argentina.

SYNONYMS: andina J. A. Allen, 1902; antigua Ameghino, 1889; bonariensis Marelli, 1930; brasiliensis Liais, 1872 (part); dennleri Marelli, 1830; imperfecta Mondolfi and Pérez-Hernândez, 1984; lechei Ihering, 1892; leucotis Wagner, 1847; meridensis J. A. Allen, 1902; paraguayensis J. A. Allen, 1902 (not available from Oken, 1816); pernigra J. A. Allen, 1900; poecilotis Wagner, 1842.

COMMENTS: Formerly known as D. azarae; see Hershkovitz (1969).