Metachirus aritanai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species: Metachirus aritanai

Name

Metachirus aritanai Miranda, Nunes, Machado, Farias, Menezes, Ardente, Santos-Filho, Bredin & Silva, 2023: 178

• Holotype: INPA 2831 (original number CS 83), adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Maria Nazareth F. da Silva on 8 July 1999.
• Type locality: “Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, Marabá, Pará, Brazil (05°46′53.10″ S; 50°31′48.60″ W)”.

References

Primary references

• Miranda, C.L., Nunes, M. da S., Machado, A.F., Farias, I.P., Menezes, F.H., Ardente, N.C., Santos-Filho, M., Bredin, Y.K. & Silva, M.N.F. 2023. A new species of jupati, genus Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) for the Brazilian Amazon. Mammalia 87(2): 172–189. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2021-0176 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Aritana's Brown Four-eyed Opossum