Philander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:55.

TYPE LOCALITY: "America;" restricted to Surinam by J. A. Allen (1900) and further restricted to Paramaribo, Surinam, by Matschie (1916) .

DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas, México, through Central and South America to Paraguay and NE Argentina.

SYNONYMS: azaricus Thomas, 1923; canus Osgood, 1913; crucialis Thomas, 1923; frenata Olfers, 1818; fuscogriseus J. A. Allen, 1900; grisescens J. A. Allen, 1901; melantho Thomas, 1923; melanurus Thomas, 1899; pallidus J. A. Allen, 1901; quica Temminck, 1824; superciliaris Olfers, 1818; virginianus Tiedemann, 1808 .

COMMENTS: Corbet and Hill (1980), Hall (1981), Husson (1978), and Pine (1973) used Metachirops opossum for this species.