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Monodelphis dimidiata Wagner 1847

Description

Monodelphis dimidiata Wagner 1847

Monodelphis dimidiata Wagner 1847, Abh. Akad. Wiss. Munchen, 5 (1): 151.

Type Locality: Uruguay, Maldonado, " Maldonado am la Plata.".

Vernacular Names: Yellow-sided Opossum.

Synonyms: Monodelphis fosteri Thomas 1924.

Distribution: Uruguay, SE Brazil, and NE Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: See Pine et al. (1985). Peramys brachyurus as used by Lesson, 1842 (= Didelphys dimidiata Wagner, 1847), is the type species of Peramys Lesson, 1842. Didelphys dimidiata Wagner is the type species of Minuania Cabrera, 1919; therefore Minuania Cabrera is a junior objective synonym of Peramys Lesson.

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 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wagner
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Didelphimorphia
Family
Didelphidae
Genus
Monodelphis
Species
dimidiata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Monodelphis dimidiata Wagner, 1847 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Pine, R. H., P. L. Dalby, and J. O. Matson. 1985. Ecology, postnatal development, morphometrics, and taxonomic status of the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis dimidiata, an apparently semelparous annual marsupial. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 54: 195 - 231.