Metachirus Burmeister, 1854

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Marsupialia, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 18-51 : 24

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353009

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7202480

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scientific name

Metachirus Burmeister, 1854
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Metachirus Burmeister, 1854 . Syst. Uebers. Thiere Bras., 1:135.

COMMENT: Controversy exists regarding the use of Metachirus ; see Pine, 1973, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 86:391-402. Its usage here follows Tate, 1939, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 76:161-162; Haltenorth, 1958:17; Husson, 1978:24-28; and Corbet and Hill, 1980:9. Hall, 1981:17, employed the name Philander for this genus; but see comments under Philander .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402001010000000.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Marsupialia

Family

Didelphidae

Loc

Metachirus Burmeister, 1854

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl 1982
1982
Loc

Metachirus

Burmeister 1854: 135
1854
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