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Caluromys (Caluromys) philander

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Caluromys (Caluromys) philander (Linnaeus 1758)

[Didelphis] philander Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 54.

Type Locality: "America;" restricted to Surinam (Thomas, 1911 a).

Vernacular Names: Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Caluromys (Caluromys) philander subsp. philander (Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Caluromys (Caluromys) philander subsp. affinis Wagner 1842

Subspecies Caluromys (Caluromys) philander subsp. dichurus Wagner 1842

Subspecies Caluromys (Caluromys) philander subsp. trinitatis Thomas 1894

Distribution: Venezuela (including Margarita Isl), Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, and E Bolivia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Caluromys. Didelphys longicaudata Pelzeln, 1883, and D. macrura Pelzeln, 1883 (not D. macrura Olfers, 1818 [= Thylamy macrura]) are nomina nuda; dichrura Schinz, 1844, dichrura Cabrera, 1919, and dichrurus Vieira, 1953, are incorrect subsequent spellings of dichura Wagner.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Didelphimorphia, pp. 3-18 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/80E2A929B3F9E8DF641D6A5F736F7DFE

Cites
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3918703 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/861CA3214FFCA3D2B0EED8B040BFF7A2 (URL)
Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D8809E77CA3D04A43368422BF9F97F3E (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/80E2A929B3F9E8DF641D6A5F736F7DFE (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/231547141 (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Didelphidae
Genus
Caluromys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Didelphimorphia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
philander
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Caluromys (Caluromys) philander (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Thomas, O. 1911 a. The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911: 120 - 158.
  • Thomas, O. 1894. On the mammals of Nyasaland: Third contribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 136 - 142.
  • Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Saugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile, rucksichtich der Sudamericanischen Arten (Species). Abhandlung X in W. L. von Eschwege, Journal von Brasilien, odor vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Heft 2 in F. Bertuch (ed.), Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen zur Erweiterung der Erd- und Volkerkunde, Band 15: 192 - 237. Weimar.
  • Schinz, H. R. 1844 - 1845. Systematisches verzeichniss aller bis jetzt bekannten Saugethiere, oder, Synopsis mammalium, nach dem Cuvier' schen system. Solothurn, Jent und Gassmann, 2 vols.