Monodelphis brevicaudata (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regni Anim., 1:80.

TYPE LOCALITY: "In Americae australis silvis;" restricted to Surinam by Matschie (1916) .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, and Amazon Basin of Brazil and Bolivia.

SYNONYMS: brachyuros Schreber, 1777; dorsalis J. A. Allen, 1904; glirina Wagner, 1842; hunteri Waterhouse, 1841; orinoci Thomas, 1899; palliolatus Osgood, 1914; sebae Gray, 1827; surinamensis Zimmermann, 1780; touan Daudin, in Lacépède, 1799; touan Bechstein, 1800; touan Shaw, 1800; tricolor Desmarest, 1820