Philander opossum (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Didelphimorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 3-18 : 16

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scientific name

Philander opossum (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Didelphis] opossum Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 55 View Cited Treatment .

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

Vernacular Names: Gray Four-eyed Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. opossum Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. canus Osgood 1913

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. fuscogriseus J. A. Allen 1900

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. melanurus Thomas 1899

Distribution: Tamaulipas, México, through Central and South America to Bolivia and SC Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Corbet and Hill (1980), Hall (1981), Husson (1978), and Pine (1973) used Metachirops opossum for this species. Reviewed by Castro-Arellano et al. (2000, Mammalian Species, 638). The name D. larvata Jentink, 1888 , is a nomen nudum. Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758 , is the type species for Holothylax Cabrera, 1919 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Didelphimorphia

Family

Didelphidae

Genus

Philander

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Philander opossum (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Didelphis] opossum

Linnaeus 1758: 55
1758
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