Monodelphis americana (Muller, 1776) . Linné's Vollständ. Natursyst., Suppl., p. 36.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Brasilien," restricted to Brazil, Pernambuco, Pernambuco, by Cabrera (1958:7) .

DISTRIBUTION: E Brazil from the states of Parâ south to Santa Catarina.

SYNONYMS: brasiliensis Erxleben, 1777; brasiliensis Daudin, in Lacépède, 1799; trilineata Lund, 1840; tristriata liliger, 1815.