Monodelphis sorex Hensel 1872
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Monodelphis sorex Hensel 1872
Monodelphis sorex Hensel 1872, Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 122.
Type Locality: "Provinz Rio Grande do Sul;" restricted to Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Taquara, by Cabrera (1958).
Vernacular Names: Southern Red-sided Opossum.
Synonyms: Monodelphis henseli (Thomas 1888); Monodelphis itatiayae (Miranda-Ribeiro 1936); Monodelphis lundi (Matschie 1916); Monodelphis paulensis (Vieira 1950).
Distribution: SE Brazil, S Paraguay, and NE Argentina.
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: See Pine et al. (1985). Monodelphis sorex may be the animal Azara (1801) described as "micouré cinquième, ou micouré à queue corte," in which case brevicaudis Olfers, 1818, and its objective synonym wagneri (Matschie, 1916) would be synonyms and the name sorex (Hensel, 1872) would be replaced by brevicaudis Olfers, 1818, which has 52 years priority over sorex. However, the true identity of Azara’s animal cannot be determined with reasonable certainty. Lacking any compelling evidence to the contrary, the names brevicaudis Olfers, and wagneri Matschie are best treated as nomina oblita and do not affect the validity of sorex Hensel or any other Monodelphis sp. that may be found in the region. Microdelphys sorex Hensel, 1872, is the type species of Monodelphiops Matschie, 1916.
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- 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/C8169E50551ADC6DF890C0BDB01AC0B4 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231547169 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Hensel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
- Genus
- Monodelphis
- Species
- sorex
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Monodelphis sorex Hensel, 1872 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Cabrera, A. 1958. Dos felidos argentinos ineditos (Mammalia, Carnivora). Neotropica, 3 (12): 70 - 72.
- Matschie, P. 1916. Bemerkungen uber die Gattung Didelphis L. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1916 (1): 259 - 272.
- 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.
- Azara, F., de. 1801. Essais sur l'histoire naturelle des quadrupedes de la province du Paraguay. Traduits sur le manuscrit inedit de l'auteur, Pra. M. L. E. Moreau-Saint-Mery. Charles Pougens, Paris, 1: 1 - 366; 2: 1 - 499.
- 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.