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Thylamys elegans
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Thylamys elegans (Waterhouse 1839)
[Didelphis] elegans Waterhouse 1839, Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Beagle", Mammalia: 95.
Type Locality: Chile, Coquimbo, " Valparaiso.".
Vernacular Names: Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum.
Synonyms: Thylamys coquimbensis (Tate 1931); Thylamys soricinus (Philippi 1894).
Distribution: Chile, on Pacific side of Andes between 32° and 38° S.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Reviewed by Palma (1997, Mammalian Species 572; Palma’s concept of the species further restricted by Solari (2003). The name hortenis Reid, 1837, is a nomen nudum.
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 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D8809E77CA3D04A43368422BF9F97F3E (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/A9BFC66B02549F32EDBEB62C3D60FA5F (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231547086 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Waterhouse
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
- Genus
- Thylamys
- Species
- elegans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Thylamys elegans (Waterhouse, 1839) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Waterhouse, G. R. 1839. Observations on the Rodentia with a view to point out groups as indicated by the structure of the crania in this order of mammals. Magazine of Natural History, ser. 2, 3: 90 - 96.
- Palma, R. E. 1997. Thylamys elegans. Mammalian Species, 572: 1 - 4.
- Solari, S. 2003. Diversity and distribution of Thylamys (Didelphidae) in South America, with emphasis on species from the western side of the Andes. Pp. 82 - 101, in Predators with pouches: The biology of carnivorous marsupials (M. E. Jones, C. R. Dickman, and M. Archer, eds.). CSIRO Press, Melbourne, 486 pp.