Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:54.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas, México, south throughout Central and South America to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

SYNONYMS: austroamericana J. A. Allen, 1902 (not available from Oken, 1816); battyi J. A. Allen, 1902; cancrivora Gmelin, 1788; caucae J. A. Allen, 1900; colombica J. A. Allen, 1900; etensis J. A. Allen, 1902; insularis J. A. Allen, 1902; karkinophaga Zimmermann, 1780; mesamericana J. A. Allen, 1902 (part; not available from Oken, 1816); particeps Goldman, 1917; richmondi J. A. Allen, 1901; tabascensis J. A. Allen, 1901; typica Thomas, 1888 (part).

COMMENTS: Revised by Gardner (1973).